Lactococcus garvieae septicaemia in a patient with artificial heart valves

Kristina Nadrah; Tjaša Cerar; Lea Papst; Jelka Volkar-Meglič; Mojca Matičič; Primož Karner; Ludvik Vidmar; Manica Müller Premru; Bojana Beović

doi:10.1007/s00508-011-0059-z

Lactococcus garvieae septicaemia in a patient with artificial heart valves

Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2011 Nov;123(21-22):677-9. doi: 10.1007/s00508-011-0059-z. Epub 2011 Sep 22.

Authors

Kristina Nadrah¹, Tjaša Cerar, Lea Papst, Jelka Volkar-Meglič, Mojca Matičič, Primož Karner, Ludvik Vidmar, Manica Müller Premru, Bojana Beović

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. kristina.nadrah@kclj.si

PMID: 21935642
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-011-0059-z

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Bacteremia / diagnosis*
Bacteremia / etiology*
Bacteremia / therapy
Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Humans
Lactococcus / isolation & purification*
Male
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / etiology*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / therapy