Open AccessPneumonia and bacteraemia caused by Gemella morbillorum in a previously healthy infant: first reported case in literature
Author(s) -
Sara Hussain,
Sahar Hussain,
Mohamed Ashraf
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2018-226295
Subject(s) - medicine , chest radiograph , pneumonia , blood culture , amoxicillin , bronchopneumonia , antibiotics , pediatrics , anesthesia , surgery , radiography , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
A 5-month-old baby presented with a low-grade fever and tachypnoea and was found to have right upper lobe consolidation on chest radiograph. He was admitted with the diagnosis of bronchopneumonia and the treatment protocol for pneumonia was initiated. Blood culture samples were collected, and he was started on a course of intravenous amoxicillin-clavulanate. Blood culture results displayed pansensitive Gemella morbillorum bacteraemia and he was continued on intravenous antibiotic to which he responded in a short period and was discharged in good condition on the fourth day.