TABLE 3.

Summary of patients with reported cases of G. morbillorum endocarditis and features of our two patients with G. morbillorum endocarditis^a

Patient no./age (yr)/sexa	Underlying conditions or source of infection	Infected valve	Therapy	Valve replacement	Outcome	Reference, year
1/60/m	Dental manipulation	NA	Penicillin, rifampin	No	Cure	12, 1984
2/38/m	Anal subcutaneous sphincterotomy, sigmoidoscopy	Mi	Benzylpenicillin, gentamicin, erythromycin	No	Cure	35, 1989
3/39/m	Dental manipulation, bicuspid aortic valve	Ao	Benzylpenicillin, gentamicin	Yes	Cure	35, 1989
4/42/m	Mi regurgitation	Mi	Benzylpenicillin, streptomycin	No	Cerebral mycotic aneurysm, cure	10, 1990
5/19/m	Intravenous drug abuser	Tri	Flucloxacillin, benzylpenicillin, gentamicin	No	Cure (?; reduction in the size of vegetation)	6, 1992
6/48/m	Poor dentition, systolic heart murmur, end-stage renal disease	Mi	Vancomycin	No	Wrist arthritis, cure	40, 1993
7/64/m	Dental manipulation	Mi, Ao	Benzylpenicillin	Yes	Acute appendicitis, cure	45, 1994
8/29/f	Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, dental manipulation	Na	Benzylpenicillin, gentamicin, erythromycin, rifampin	No	Cure	29, 1994
9/74/m	Left colonic resection for rectal neoplasia	Tri	Cefuroxime, amikacin, benzylpenicillin	No	Pulmonary embolism, cure	1, 1995
10/75/m	Rheumatic fever in infancy	Mi	Benzylpenicillin, gentamicin, teicoplanin, rifampin, erythromycin	No	Allergic reaction to antimicrobial agents, cure	33, 1995
11/74/m	Poor dentition, chronic ethylism	Aob	Amoxicillin, gentamicin	Yes	Cure	Patient 2
12/NA/m	Bicuspid aortic valve	Ao	NA	NA	NA	Patient 3

^aAbbreviations: Ao, aortic valve; Mi, mitral valve; Tri, tricuspid valve; NA, not available; m, male; f, female. 

^bNo evidence of vegetation on echocardiogram.