Department of Internal Medicine, Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center, 1501 San Pedro Blvd. SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA.
Travel Med Infect Dis. 2012 Mar;10(2):101-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2012.02.004. Epub 2012 Mar 6.
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.
加氏乳球菌是一种罕见但新兴的人类病原体,可引起多种感染,文献中仅报告了 10 例感染性心内膜炎。我们报告了唯一一例加氏乳球菌感染性心内膜炎的病例,该病例影响了一名从韩国农村返回的旅行者的原生和生物假体瓣膜。