Gemella morbillorum bacteremia following total laparoscopic hysterectomy for uterine corpus cancer

• Main Authors: Ai Miyoshi (Author), Takashi Miyatake (Author), Mai Nishimura (Author), Asuka Tanaka (Author), Serika Kanao (Author), Masumi Takeda (Author), Mayuko Mimura (Author), Masaaki Nagamatsu (Author), Takeshi Yokoi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Gemella morbillorum, a Gram-positive coccus facultative anaerobe, is part of the normal flora of the mucous membranes of the oropharynx, upper respiratory, gastrointestinal, and female genital tracts. However, this species can also cause serious infection. We herein report on a case of bacteremia, a...