Meningitis caused by Lactococcus garvieae
Journal Title: Medical Journal Armed Forces - Year 2017, Vol 73, Issue 1
Abstract
Lactococcus garvieae, originally a fish pathogen, has very rarely been isolated from human infections, mainly infective endocartditis.1–3 Most of the patients in the reported cases of human infections had a positive history of contact with raw fish. Another common factor, which was seen to be present in some patients of L. garvieae infection was valvular damage. This organism often misidentified as Enterococcus spp. because of its morphological and biochemical similarities. 4
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Kundan Tandel
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