Lactococcus garvieae endocarditis with initial presentation of acute cerebral infarction in a healthy immunocompetent man.
Lactococcus garvieae is considered a rare, opportunistic pathogen with low virulence in human infection. There are only scattered case reports of L. garvieae-related infection in humans in the past 20 years. The majority of them were reported to be infective endocarditis. We present a case study of a 41-year-old man with infective endocarditis caused by L. garvieae which is the first reported case with initial presentation as acute cerebral infarction.
Li
Wei-Kai
WK
Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Chen
Yao-Shen
YS
Wann
Shue-Ren
SR
Liu
Yung-Ching
YC
Tsai
Hung-Chin
HC
D000328:Adult; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D017045:Lactococcus / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014774:Virulence