Afebrile multi-valve infective endocarditis caused by Lactococcus garvieae: A case report and literature review

Yooseok Suh; Min Ja Kim; Jae Seung Jung; Yong Pil Chong; Chul Hwan Kim; Youngjin Kang; Jang Wook Sohn; Young Kyung Yoon

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.55.5935

Afebrile multi-valve infective endocarditis caused by Lactococcus garvieae: A case report and literature review

Yooseok Suh, Min Ja Kim, Jae Seung Jung, Yong Pil Chong, Chul Hwan Kim, Youngjin Kang, Jang Wook Sohn, Young Kyung Yoon

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Abstract

Lactococcus garvieae is considered to be a rare pathogen with low virulence in humans. We herein experienced an unusual case of multi-valve infective endocarditis caused by L. garvieae in an elderly woman who had undergone bioprosthetic mitral valve replacement due to severe mitral stenosis with rheumatic etiology. The patient was successfully treated with cardiac surgery after teicoplanin antimicrobial therapy failure followed by ceftriaxone treatment. L. garvieae was confirmed as the pathogen through 16S rRNA sequencing. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case to indicate an effective treatment for infective endocarditis caused by L. garvieae in the Republic of Korea.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1011-1015
Number of pages	5
Journal	Internal Medicine
Volume	55
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.55.5935
Publication status	Published - 2016 Apr 15

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Keywords

Bacteremia
Endocarditis
Heart valve prosthesis
Lactococcus garvieae

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