Primary infective spondylodiscitis caused by Lactococcus garvieae and a review of human L. garvieae infections

We report the first case of primary infective spondylodiscitis due to Lactococcus garvieae, confirmed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, in the absence of concomitant endocarditis in a patient with long-standing gastritis on famotidine. He responded to a 6-week course of ampicillin. The gastrointestinal t...

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Autores principales: Chan, J. F. W., Woo, P. C. Y., Teng, J. L. L., Lau, S. K. P., Leung, S. S. M., Tam, F. C. C., Yuen, K.-Y.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21424437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-011-0094-8
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author Chan, J. F. W.
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description We report the first case of primary infective spondylodiscitis due to Lactococcus garvieae, confirmed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, in the absence of concomitant endocarditis in a patient with long-standing gastritis on famotidine. He responded to a 6-week course of ampicillin. The gastrointestinal tract is probably the source of infection.
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spelling pubmed-31323162011-08-24 Primary infective spondylodiscitis caused by Lactococcus garvieae and a review of human L. garvieae infections Chan, J. F. W. Woo, P. C. Y. Teng, J. L. L. Lau, S. K. P. Leung, S. S. M. Tam, F. C. C. Yuen, K.-Y. Infection Case Report We report the first case of primary infective spondylodiscitis due to Lactococcus garvieae, confirmed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, in the absence of concomitant endocarditis in a patient with long-standing gastritis on famotidine. He responded to a 6-week course of ampicillin. The gastrointestinal tract is probably the source of infection. Springer-Verlag 2011-03-20 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3132316/ /pubmed/21424437 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-011-0094-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2011 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Chan, J. F. W.
Woo, P. C. Y.
Teng, J. L. L.
Lau, S. K. P.
Leung, S. S. M.
Tam, F. C. C.
Yuen, K.-Y.
Primary infective spondylodiscitis caused by Lactococcus garvieae and a review of human L. garvieae infections
title Primary infective spondylodiscitis caused by Lactococcus garvieae and a review of human L. garvieae infections
title_full Primary infective spondylodiscitis caused by Lactococcus garvieae and a review of human L. garvieae infections
title_fullStr Primary infective spondylodiscitis caused by Lactococcus garvieae and a review of human L. garvieae infections
title_full_unstemmed Primary infective spondylodiscitis caused by Lactococcus garvieae and a review of human L. garvieae infections
title_short Primary infective spondylodiscitis caused by Lactococcus garvieae and a review of human L. garvieae infections
title_sort primary infective spondylodiscitis caused by lactococcus garvieae and a review of human l. garvieae infections
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21424437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-011-0094-8
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