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 |
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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)