A Case Report of Successful Conservative Treatment for Infective Endocarditis Caused by Gemella sanguinis
Joint Authors
Voukelatou, Panagiota
Kalliakmanis, Andreas
Emmanouilidou, Georgia
Dodos, Konstantinos
Aftzi, Vasileia
Koumpouli, Despoina
Avgeropoulos, George
Vrettos, Ioannis
Source
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-01-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Infective endocarditis is defined as an infection of a native or prosthetic heart valve, the endocardial surface of the heart, or an indwelling cardiac device.
Among the miscellaneous emerging opportunistic bacteria that can cause infective endocarditis is Gemella sanguinis that has been reported as a cause of infective endocarditis in nine cases in the past.
All of the survivors received antimicrobial therapy and underwent prosthetic valve replacement surgery while, in general, a proportion of 40–50% of the patients with infective endocarditis underwent valve surgery.
Our case illustrates that valve surgery, in combination with the administration of antibiotics, is not the only therapeutic option for infective endocarditis due to Gemella sanguinis and that a conservative management with prolonged administration of parenteral antibiotics under close supervision of the patient can be an option.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Emmanouilidou, Georgia& Voukelatou, Panagiota& Vrettos, Ioannis& Aftzi, Vasileia& Dodos, Konstantinos& Koumpouli, Despoina…[et al.]. 2019. A Case Report of Successful Conservative Treatment for Infective Endocarditis Caused by Gemella sanguinis. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1137174
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Emmanouilidou, Georgia…[et al.]. A Case Report of Successful Conservative Treatment for Infective Endocarditis Caused by Gemella sanguinis. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1137174
American Medical Association (AMA)
Emmanouilidou, Georgia& Voukelatou, Panagiota& Vrettos, Ioannis& Aftzi, Vasileia& Dodos, Konstantinos& Koumpouli, Despoina…[et al.]. A Case Report of Successful Conservative Treatment for Infective Endocarditis Caused by Gemella sanguinis. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1137174
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1137174