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Gemella Morbillorum As A Cause Of Septic Shock., Sanjeev Vasishtha, H D Isenberg, S K Sood
Gemella Morbillorum As A Cause Of Septic Shock., Sanjeev Vasishtha, H D Isenberg, S K Sood
Sanjeev Vasishtha MD
The gram-positive bacterium Gemella morbillorum has been recovered from patients with endocarditis but has rarely been associated with acute fulminant infections. We describe two children with a rapid onset of septic shock, which was fatal in one, following infection with this organism. G. morbillorum is a commensal organism of the upper respiratory tract; it gained access to the bloodstreams in these patients, and bacteremia occurred. A clinical drawback is that the initial colonial morphology of this organism leads to presumptive identification as a viridans streptococcus, an organism not commonly associated with septic shock syndrome. Resistance of G. morbillorum to penicillin …