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Early Lactococcus lactis endocarditis after mitral valve repair: a case report and literature review

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  1. Dipartimento Area Critica Medico Chirurgica, Università di Firenze, Viale Morgagni 85, 50134, Florence, Italy

    C. Rostagno

  2. Microbiologia, Azienda Ospedaliero–Universitaria (AOU) Careggi, Florence, Italy

    P. Pecile

  3. Cardiochirurgia, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy

    P. L. Stefàno

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Rostagno, C., Pecile, P. & Stefàno, P.L. Early Lactococcus lactis endocarditis after mitral valve repair: a case report and literature review. Infection 41, 897–899 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-012-0377-8

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