Fefer J J, Ratzan K R, Sharp S E, Saiz E
Department of Infectious Disease, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida 33140, USA.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1998 Oct;32(2):127-30. doi: 10.1016/s0732-8893(98)00065-0.
Bacterial endocarditis due to Lactococcus garvieae is extremely unusual, and may actually be underreported due to its morphologic and biochemical similarities with enterococci. Only three cases have been reported in the medical literature, and all involved prosthetic valves. We report a case of native valve bacterial endocarditis caused by L. garvieae.
加氏乳球菌引起的细菌性心内膜炎极为罕见,实际上可能因与肠球菌在形态学和生物化学上的相似性而未得到充分报告。医学文献中仅报道过3例,且均涉及人工瓣膜。我们报告1例由加氏乳球菌引起的天然瓣膜细菌性心内膜炎病例。