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
Affiliations
  • 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.