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Lactococcus garvieae causing zoonotic prosthetic valve endocarditis

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  1. Department for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Hamburg, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    M. Wilbring & H. Reichenspurner

  2. Department for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Center Brandenburg, Ladeburger Strasse 17, 16321, Bernau, Germany

    K. Alexiou

  3. Department for Cardiac Surgery, University Heart Center Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 76, 01307, Dresden, Germany

    K. Matschke & S. M. Tugtekin

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Wilbring, M., Alexiou, K., Reichenspurner, H. et al. Lactococcus garvieae causing zoonotic prosthetic valve endocarditis. Clin Res Cardiol 100, 545–546 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-011-0286-3

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