title: Gardnerella vaginalis septicaemia with pyelonephritis, infective endocarditis and septic emboli in the kidney and brain of an adult male.
abstract: Gardnerella vaginalis is typically associated with bacterial vaginosis in women. However, balanitis, urethritis, urinary tract infections and asymptomatic bacteraemia have also been described in men. Here we report a case of G. vaginalis septicaemia with infective endocarditis and septic emboli in the kidney and brain of an adult male.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. yhj822@medimail.co.kr
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: J-H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S-S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: D-J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Na
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006194:Gardnerella vaginalis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed