| Literature DB >> 24899013 |
Kosar Hussain1, Jawed Abubaker2, Zulfa Omar Al Deesi3, Raees Ahmed2.
Abstract
We report the first case of native aortic and mitral valve endocarditis due to Gemella bergeriae from the Middle East in a young patient with rheumatic heart disease. Our case illustrates a fulminant course of infection with G. bergeriae endocarditis that was complicated by embolic stroke, as well as intracerebral and subarachnoid haemorrhage secondary to rupture of a mycotic aneurysm in the right middle cerebral artery. This case highlights the dire, unreported neurological complications of infective endocarditis due to a rare causative organism-G. bergeriae. 2014 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24899013 PMCID: PMC4054518 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-204405
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMJ Case Rep ISSN: 1757-790X