Antimicrobial susceptibilities of 930 Haemophilus influenzae clinical strains isolated from the island of Crete, Greece.

Background: Haemophilus influenzae is an important human pathogen.

Materials And Methods: The purpose of the present retrospective study is to describe the antibiotic susceptibility to several common antibiotics of 930 consecutive clinical isolates of H. influenzae over the period of 1996-2005 in a tertiary general hospital on the island of Crete, Greece.

Endocarditis caused by Gemella morbillorum resistant to beta-lactams and aminoglycosides.

Two rare cases of Gemella morbillorum endocarditis, caused by a strain resistant to penicillin and gentamicin are reported. G. morbillorum is usually sensitive to beta-lactams and aminoglycosides.