Lactococcus garviae endocarditis: case report.
Lactococcus garviae is a rare opportunistic pathogen with a low virulance. In humans, only a few cases infected with this agent were reported in the previous two decades. Most of these cases had endocarditis. In this paper, a case of L. garviae endocarditis is presented. A 54-year-old male was refer...
| Publicado en: | Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 588 - 593 |
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Turkiye Klinikleri
Apr2012
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