Lactococcus garvieae multi-valve infective endocarditis in a traveler returning from South Korea

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• 作者：Holly Fleming^a ; ^{hfleming@salud.unm.edu} ; Star V. Fowler^b ; ^{sfowler@salud.unm.edu} ; Luong Nguyen^b ; ^{lnguyen@salud.unm.edu} ; Diedre M. Hofinger^a ; ^{dhofinger@salud.unm.edu}
• 关键词：Lactococcus garvieae ; Infective endocarditis ; Bioprosthetic valve ; Bacteremia
• 刊名：Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：107_14778939
• 类别：imm
• 出版时间：March, 2012
• 卷：10
• 期：2
• 页码：101-104
• 文件大小：163 K

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Summary

Lactococcus garvieae is a rare but emerging human pathogen causing a variety of infections with only ten cases of infective endocarditis reported in the literature. We present the only case of Lactococcus garvieae infective endocarditis affecting both a native and a bioprosthetic valve in a traveler returning from rural South Korea.