Infective Endocarditis in a Young Adult due to Lactococcus lactis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a condition mainly associated with valvular disease or prosthetic valve and intravenous drug use as a risk factor. Here, we describe a rare case of a previously healthy patient with endocarditis due to Lactococcus lactis associated with cattle contact, where antibiotic...

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Autores principales: Georgountzos, G., Michopoulos, C., Grivokostopoulos, C., Kolosaka, M., Vlassopoulou, N., Lekkou, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5857332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29686711
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5091456
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author Georgountzos, G.
Michopoulos, C.
Grivokostopoulos, C.
Kolosaka, M.
Vlassopoulou, N.
Lekkou, A.
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description Infective endocarditis (IE) is a condition mainly associated with valvular disease or prosthetic valve and intravenous drug use as a risk factor. Here, we describe a rare case of a previously healthy patient with endocarditis due to Lactococcus lactis associated with cattle contact, where antibiotic treatment resulted in full recovery.
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spelling pubmed-58573322018-04-23 Infective Endocarditis in a Young Adult due to Lactococcus lactis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Georgountzos, G. Michopoulos, C. Grivokostopoulos, C. Kolosaka, M. Vlassopoulou, N. Lekkou, A. Case Rep Med Case Report Infective endocarditis (IE) is a condition mainly associated with valvular disease or prosthetic valve and intravenous drug use as a risk factor. Here, we describe a rare case of a previously healthy patient with endocarditis due to Lactococcus lactis associated with cattle contact, where antibiotic treatment resulted in full recovery. Hindawi 2018-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5857332/ /pubmed/29686711 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5091456 Text en Copyright © 2018 G. Georgountzos et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Infective Endocarditis in a Young Adult due to Lactococcus lactis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title Infective Endocarditis in a Young Adult due to Lactococcus lactis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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title_full_unstemmed Infective Endocarditis in a Young Adult due to Lactococcus lactis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_short Infective Endocarditis in a Young Adult due to Lactococcus lactis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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