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Case Reports
. 2015 Nov 17:9:56-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2015.11.008. eCollection 2016 Jan.

Report of the first Vagococcus lutrae human infection, Marseille, France

V Garcia  1 , C Abat  1 , J-M Rolain  1
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Report of the first Vagococcus lutrae human infection, Marseille, France

V Garcia et al. New Microbes New Infect. .

Abstract

Vagococcus lutrae is a Gram-positive coccus initially isolated from the common otter (Lutra lutra) but that has never been reported as a human pathogen. We describe the first case of human infection due to Vagococcus lutrae in Marseille, France.

Keywords: Bacteria; MALDI-TOF; PCR; Skin infection; Vagococcus lutrae.

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Infected skin lesions due to Vagococcus lutrae. (A) Erythematous and infected skin lesions caused by V. lutrae. (B) Skin lesions healing after 10 days of treatment.
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