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.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Wei-Kai
WK
Li
Yao-Shen
YS
Chen
Shue-Ren
SR
Wann
Yung-Ching
YC
Liu
Hung-Chin
HC
Tsai
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