title: Gemella morbillorum: an underestimated aetiology of central nervous system infection?
abstract: A case is reported of cerebellar abscess and diffuse cerebritis due to Gemella morbillorum. The clinical course was 'biphasic', developing with an acute meningeal infection followed shortly afterwards by suppuration in the cerebellar and cerebral parenchyma; this pattern seemed to suggest a latent survival of the aetiological agent, probably within the central nervous system (CNS), despite systemic antibiotic therapy. Based upon a review of cases so far described, infections of the CNS caused by G. morbillorum appear to be an emerging reality.
authors.affiliation: Unità Operativa di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Ospedale S. Bortolo, Viale F. Rodolfi 37, 36100 Vicenza, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Benedetti
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Microbiologia, Ospedale S. Bortolo, Viale F. Rodolfi 37, 36100 Vicenza, Italy.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rassu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Centre for Infectious Disease, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London E1 2AT, UK.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Branscombe
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Centre for Infectious Disease, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London E1 2AT, UK.
authors.forename: Armine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sefton
authors.affiliation: Unità Operativa di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Ospedale S. Bortolo, Viale F. Rodolfi 37, 36100 Vicenza, Italy.
authors.forename: Giampietro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pellizzer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D040141:Staphylococcaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents