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Case Reports
. 2015 Sep;62(6):435-7.
doi: 10.1111/zph.12162. Epub 2014 Oct 8.

Lactococcus garvieae Endocarditis on a Prosthetic Biological Aortic Valve

A Tsur  1   2 , T Slutzki  1 , D Flusser  1   2
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Lactococcus garvieae Endocarditis on a Prosthetic Biological Aortic Valve

A Tsur et al. Zoonoses Public Health. 2015 Sep.

Abstract

Lactococcus garvieae (LG) endocarditis is a rare disease in humans. There are only about 16 reported cases in the world. We report a 76-year-old male patient with LG endocarditis. In depth interview with the patient revealed that 2 weeks prior to admission, he had eaten sushi containing raw fish. Unlike many of the other infections reported, which were on a native mitral valve, our patient's vegetation was on a prosthetic aortic valve.

Keywords: Lactococcus garvieae; bacterial endocarditis.

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