Lactococcus garvieae, an unusual pathogen in infective endocarditis: case report and review of the literature

Lactococcus garvieae is an unusual cause of infective endocarditis (IE). No current diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines are available to treat IE caused by these organisms. Based on a case report, we provide a review of the literature of IE caused by L. garvieae and highlight diagnostic and treatm...

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Autores:
Malek, Alexandre
De la Hoz, Alejandro
Gómez-Villegas, Sara Isabel
Nowbakht, Cima
Arias, César A.
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Fecha de publicación:
2019
Institución:
Universidad El Bosque
Repositorio:
Repositorio U. El Bosque
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unbosque.edu.co:20.500.12495/1561
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12495/1561
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3912-8
Palabra clave:
Bacterias grampositivas
Endocarditis
Infecciones cardiovasculares
Cardiopatías
Lactococcus
Case report
Gram positive cocci
Infective endocarditis
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Attribution 4.0 International