Bicuspid aortic valve endocarditis caused by Gemella sanguinis: Case report and literature review

• Váldodahkkit: Sofia Maraki (Dahkki), Anthoula Plevritaki (Dahkki), Diamantis Kofteridis (Dahkki), Effie Scoulica (Dahkki), Anastasios Eskitzis (Dahkki), Achilleas Gikas (Dahkki), Symeon H. Panagiotakis (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: Elsevier, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Fáttát: article
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Gemella species are catalase-negative, facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive cocci, which are part of the human oral microbiome and may occasionally cause systemic infections. Infective endocarditis (IE) has been reported as the most common infection caused by Gemella species. We report the first cas...