PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS CAUSED BY GEMELLA MORBILLORUM

ORAN A., DÜNDAR D. , TOPDAG M., ALMAC A.

NOBEL MEDICUS, cilt.6, ss.95-97, 2010 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi) identifier identifier

  • Cilt numarası: 6 Konu: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Dergi Adı: NOBEL MEDICUS
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.95-97

Özet

Gemella morbillorum is a gram positive facultatively anaerobic coccus in normal flora of throat There are several case reports due to G morbillorum such as abscess of lung, septic shock arthritis meningitis and osteomyelitis but peritonsillar abscess by this organism is seen very rarely Here we report a 29 years old female She admitted to clinic with peritonsillary abscess Aspiration and abscess drainage were applied immediately G morbillorum was grown from her abscess material