Rare Bacteria Infecting the Heart and Affecting the Kidney of a Young Child

We report our experience of a 12-year-old child who presented with infective endocarditis and blood culture-grownGemella morbillorum– a rarely reported bacteria. The clinical picture was further complicated with severe glomerulonephritis. Renal biopsy was suggestive of crescentic glomerulonephritis. The child was managed with antibiotics, steroids, and plasmapheresis and responded well to the treatment. To our knowledge, this is the first report ofG. morbillorum endocarditis with immune complex deposition and necrotizing glomerulonephritis in a child.Case Rep Nephrol Dial 2017;7:138 –143
Source: Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis - Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research