"kissing" vegetation in a rare case of infective endocarditis by Gemella sanguinis

Sameer Chadha; On Chen; Vijay Shetty; Adnan Sadiq; Gerald Hollander; Robert Frankel; Jacob Shani

doi:10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31827de7ba

"kissing" vegetation in a rare case of infective endocarditis by Gemella sanguinis

Sameer Chadha
, On Chen
, Vijay Shetty
, Adnan Sadiq
, Gerald Hollander
, Robert Frankel
, Jacob Shani

Department of Medicine - Division of Cardiology

Maimonides Medical Center

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Abstract

Infective endocarditis (IE) is usually caused by Streptococcus, Staphylococcus or Enterococcus species or slow-growing HACEK organisms. We report an extremely rare case of IE caused by Gemella sanguinis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	507-508
Number of pages	2
Journal	American Journal of the Medical Sciences
Volume	345
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31827de7ba
State	Published - Jun 2013

Keywords

Gemella sanguinis
Infective endocarditis
Kissing vegetation

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"kissing" vegetation in a rare case of infective endocarditis by Gemella sanguinis

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