Abstract
Lactococcus garvieae is considered a rare, opportunistic pathogen with low virulence in human infection. There are only scattered case reports of L. garvieae-related infection in humans in the past 20 years. The majority of them were reported to be infective endocarditis. We present a case study of a 41-year-old man with infective endocarditis caused by L. garvieae which is the first reported case with initial presentation as acute cerebral infarction.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1143-1146 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Internal Medicine |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cerebral infarction
- Endocarditis
- Lactococcus garvieae
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Internal Medicine
- Medicine(all)
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Li, W. K., Chen, Y. S., Wann, S. R., Liu, Y. C., & Tsai, H. C. (2008). Lactococcus garvieae endocarditis with initial presentation of acute cerebral infarction in a healthy immunocompetent man. Internal Medicine, 47(12), 1143-1146. https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0795