Molecular identification of Gemella species from three patients with endocarditis.

ABSTRACT: Gemella morbillorum and Gemella haemolysans are opportunistic pathogens which cause endocarditis and other severe infections. We report on three patients with endocarditis, one with endocarditis caused by G. haemolysans and two with endocarditis caused by G. morbillorum. The paucity of reports concerning these bacteria is probably related to the difficulties associated with their identification. For example, one of the strains reported in this study was originally sent to our laboratory with a preliminary characterization as a short "gram-negative" coccobacillus, highlighting the specific problem associated with Gram staining of these bacteria. The usefulness of 16S rRNA gene amplification, partial sequencing, and comparison of the nucleotide sequence to those in databases when standard ph

SUBMITTER: La Scola B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC104652 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature