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Lactococcus garvieae septicaemia in a patient with artificial heart valves

Lactococcus garvieae Sepsis bei einem Patienten mit künstlichen Herzklappen

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Lactococcus garvieae ist in der Regel ein Tier-Erreger. Nur wenige Fälle von Infektionen sind beim Menschen beschrieben worden. Wir berichten über einen älteren Patienten mit Lactococcus garvieae Sepsis aber keine infektiöse Endokarditis trotz künstlicher Herzklappen und mit einem günstigeren klinischen Verlauf.

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Lactococcus garvieae is usually an animal pathogen. Only a few cases of infections in humans have been described. We describe a case of an elderly patient with prosthetic heart valves with a septicaemia without infective endocarditis, and with a favourable clinical course.

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  1. Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Kristina Nadrah, Lea Papst, Jelka Volkar-Meglič, Mojca Matičič, Primož Karner, Ludvik Vidmar & Bojana Beović

  2. Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Tjaša Cerar & Manica Müller Premru

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Nadrah, K., Cerar, T., Papst, L. et al. Lactococcus garvieae septicaemia in a patient with artificial heart valves. Wien Klin Wochenschr 123, 677–679 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-011-0059-z

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