Gemella Species Bacteremia and Stroke in an Elderly Patient with Respiratory Tract Infection
Gemella species are part of normal human flora. They are rarely associated with infections. As opportunistic pathogens, they can cause life-threatening infection in individuals with risk factors. We present an unusual case of an elderly patient, with no predisposing risk factors, who presented with...
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| author | Sriraksha Jayananda Narasimha Swamy Gollol-Raju Nada Fadul |
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| description | Gemella species are part of normal human flora. They are rarely associated with infections. As opportunistic pathogens, they can cause life-threatening infection in individuals with risk factors. We present an unusual case of an elderly patient, with no predisposing risk factors, who presented with respiratory tract infection and Gemella species bacteremia and suffered a stroke in the absence of features of endocarditis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-86717d6a6f684545bbc9c5337a01020d2025-02-03T07:24:51ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352017-01-01201710.1155/2017/10985271098527Gemella Species Bacteremia and Stroke in an Elderly Patient with Respiratory Tract InfectionSriraksha Jayananda0Narasimha Swamy Gollol-Raju1Nada Fadul2Vidant Medical Center, East Carolina University, 600 Moye Blvd., Greenville, NC 27834, USAVidant Medical Center, East Carolina University, 600 Moye Blvd., Greenville, NC 27834, USAVidant Medical Center, East Carolina University, 600 Moye Blvd., Greenville, NC 27834, USAGemella species are part of normal human flora. They are rarely associated with infections. As opportunistic pathogens, they can cause life-threatening infection in individuals with risk factors. We present an unusual case of an elderly patient, with no predisposing risk factors, who presented with respiratory tract infection and Gemella species bacteremia and suffered a stroke in the absence of features of endocarditis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1098527 |
| spellingShingle | Sriraksha Jayananda Narasimha Swamy Gollol-Raju Nada Fadul Gemella Species Bacteremia and Stroke in an Elderly Patient with Respiratory Tract Infection Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Gemella Species Bacteremia and Stroke in an Elderly Patient with Respiratory Tract Infection |
| title_full | Gemella Species Bacteremia and Stroke in an Elderly Patient with Respiratory Tract Infection |
| title_fullStr | Gemella Species Bacteremia and Stroke in an Elderly Patient with Respiratory Tract Infection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gemella Species Bacteremia and Stroke in an Elderly Patient with Respiratory Tract Infection |
| title_short | Gemella Species Bacteremia and Stroke in an Elderly Patient with Respiratory Tract Infection |
| title_sort | gemella species bacteremia and stroke in an elderly patient with respiratory tract infection |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1098527 |
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