Interestingly our patient has multiple myeloma and was being treated with chemotherapy at
this time. Occasional case reports of Streptococcus mitis leading to infection in immune …

We present a case report of a 65-year-old man admitted to the department of infectious
diseases on suspicion of meningitis with headache, fever and double vision. A cerebral MRI …

A 57-year-old immunocompetent male patient presented himself to our emergency
department with lumbar pain for 10 days, after a lumbar torsion. He was neurologically …

Streptococcus mitis, an important member of viridans streptococci, is found in the normal
flora of the oropharynx, gastrointestinal tract, female genital tract and skin. Although it is of …

Background. Infectious endocarditis (IE) typically occurs in the setting of intravenous drug
use, prosthetic heart valves, or rheumatic heart disease. However, there are a few reports of …

We recently described the novel species Streptococcus tigurinus sp. nov. belonging to the
Streptococcus mitis group. The type strain AZ_3aT of S. tigurinus was originally isolated from …

The genetically diverse viridans group streptococci (VGS) are increasingly recognized as
the cause of a variety of human diseases. We used a recently developed multilocus …

Although many patients with infective endocarditis (IE) complain of joint, muscle, and back
pain, infections at these sights are rare. The incidence of spinal abscess in cervical spine …

Group milleri streptococci (GMS) comprise a heterogeneous group of streptococci, including
the species intermedius, constellatus, and anginosus together with rare betahemolytic …

Staphylococcus hominis (S. hominis) is a Gram‐positive, coagulase‐negative bacteria that
occurs as a normal commensal organism on the skin and may rarely cause native valve …