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  3. Lactococcus garvieae septicaemia in a patient with artificial heart valves

Lactococcus garvieae septicaemia in a patient with artificial heart valves

  • Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2011 Nov;123(21-22):677-9. doi: 10.1007/s00508-011-0059-z.
Kristina Nadrah 1,  Tjaša Cerar,  Lea Papst,  Jelka Volkar-Meglič,  Mojca Matičič,  Primož Karner,  Ludvik Vidmar,  Manica Müller Premru,  Bojana Beović
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Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. [email protected]
PMID: 21935642 DOI: 10.1007/s00508-011-0059-z
Abstract

Lactococcus garvieae is usually an animal pathogen. Only a few cases of infections in humans have been described. We describe a case of an elderly patient with prosthetic heart valves with a septicaemia without infective endocarditis, and with a favourable clinical course.

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