Cerebellar abscess by Gemella morbillorum in a patient with inter-atrial communication

Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2007 Dec;65(4A):1022-5. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x2007000600022.

Abstract

Gemella morbillorum, a commensal of the oropharynx, upper respiratory, urogenital and gastrointestinal tract is rarely associated with infections in humans. However, an increasing number of infectious processes in different locations have been reported. Cerebral abscesses caused by these bacteria are extremely uncommon with only four cases previously described in the literature. We present the case of a cerebellar abscess by Gemella morbillorum in a 50 year-old man with inter-atrial communication dealt by surgical excision and antimicrobial therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Abscess / complications
  • Brain Abscess / diagnosis
  • Brain Abscess / drug therapy
  • Brain Abscess / microbiology*
  • Cerebellar Diseases / complications
  • Cerebellar Diseases / drug therapy
  • Cerebellar Diseases / microbiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / complications
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / complications*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Staphylococcaceae*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed