eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Medical Case Reports 2374-216X 2017-04-15 5 3 77 78 10.12691/ajmcr-5-3-8 AJMCR2017538 article Ladan Mohammadi 1 Noman Ahmed Jang Khan nkhan@conemaugh.org 2 Lavanya Vuppu Panghat 2 Department of Family Medicine, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Hospital, Johnstown, PA, USA Department of Internal Medicine, Conemaugh Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, PA, USA Granulicatella genus , a nutritionally mutant variant of viridans streptococci was originally classified as a part of abiotrophia group until 1995 and later in 2000 as a separate genus are considered as a rare cause of blood stream infections. They are part of normal flora of human oral cavity, intestinal and urogenital tracts and are notorious for causing odontogenic infections. We present a rare case of sepsis in a 90 year old male caused by Granulicatella elegans and some of the proposed methods of diagnosis and treatment of this uncommon infection. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmcr/5/3/8/ajmcr-5-3-8.pdf granulicatella streptococci sepsis