Lactococcus garvieae multi-valve infective endocarditis in a traveler returning from South Korea |
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| Authors: | Fleming Holly Fowler Star V Nguyen Luong Hofinger Diedre M |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Internal Medicine, Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center, 1501 San Pedro Blvd. SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA. hfleming@salud.unm.edu |
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| Abstract: | Lactococcus garvieae is a rare but emerging human pathogen causing a variety of infections with only ten cases of infective endocarditis reported in the literature. We present the only case of Lactococcus garvieae infective endocarditis affecting both a native and a bioprosthetic valve in a traveler returning from rural South Korea. |
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