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Case Reports
. 2022 Aug 8:29:e01597.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01597. eCollection 2022.

Gemella endocarditis

Hussein Rabah  1 , Khalil El Gharib  1 , Marc Assaad  1 , Ali Kassem  1 , Neville Mobarakai  2
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Gemella endocarditis

Hussein Rabah et al. IDCases. .

Abstract

We herein present the case presenting to our facility complaining of a fever of two months duration, who underwent dental procedure. Patient was diagnosed with infective endocarditis secondary to an uncommon bacteria: Gemella haemolysans. Patient was found to have concomitant severe mitral valve regurgitation. Our patient did not have any comorbidity or risk factor beside his dental procedure. Our patient received intravenous antibiotic therapy for six weeks and was scheduled for mitral valve replacement.

Keywords: Antibiotic therapy; Blood culture; Echocardiogram; Infective endocarditis; Mitral valve; Valvular disease.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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Three dimensional Echocardiography showing the mitral vegetation.
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Transesophageal Echocardiogram showing severe mitral regurgitation on color doppler ultrasound.
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