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  • Title: Gemella morbillorum prosthetic valve endocarditis.
    Author: Al Chekakie MO, Heroux A, Montpetit M, Nemeh H.
    Journal: Congest Heart Fail; 2009; 15(6):291-2. PubMed ID: 19925509.
    Abstract:
    The authors describe a case of prosthetic valve infective endocarditis (IE) caused by Gemella morbillorum (GM), a gram-positive coccus that grows slowly in culture and occasionally causes a subacute to chronic form of IE. To the author's knowledge, this is the third case of GM prosthetic valve IE to be reported. Subacute to chronic IE caused by slow-growing organisms can be subtle in presentation and should be suspected in patients who have prosthetic valves presenting with worsening heart failure.
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