Gemella morbillorum endocarditis and osteomyelitis in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis.
Zachary SingerBenjamin LeisShravankumar NosibSiddharth KogilwaimathPublished in: Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada (2021)
We report a rare case of Gemella morbillorum endocarditis of the native aortic and mitral valves, and native vertebral osteomyelitis, in a 49-year-old male with HLA-B27 negative ankylosing spondylitis (AKS). G. morbillorum is a rare cause of endocarditis; the incidence of which is unknown. AKS may predispose patients to endocarditis through chronic valvulitis. G. morbillorum bacteremia in patients with AKS should prompt consideration of infective endocarditis and a search for possible portals of entry.
Keyphrases
- ankylosing spondylitis
- rare case
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- aortic valve
- ejection fraction
- left ventricular
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- mitral valve
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- case report
- risk factors
- coronary artery disease
- pulmonary artery
- patient reported outcomes
- bone mineral density
- coronary artery
- body composition
- pulmonary hypertension