Author/Editor     Nadrah, Kristina; Cerar, Tjaša; Papst, Lea; Volkar-Meglič, Jelka; Matičič, Mojca; Karner, Primož; Vidmar, Ludvik; Mueller-Premru, Manica; Beović, Bojana
Title     Lactococcus garvieae septicaemia in a patient with artificial heart valves
Type     članek
Source     Wien Klin Wochenschr
Vol. and No.     Letnik 123, št. 21-22
Publication year     2011
Volume     str. 677-9
Language     eng
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.
Descriptors     HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS
LACTOBACILLUS
SEPTICEMIA
MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS
ANTIBIOTICS
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