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Imaging InlC Secretion to Investigate Cellular Infection by the Bacterial Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes

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[Serious infection with Lactococcus garvieae].

Tobias Fog-Møller¹, Jacob Andersen

¹Anæstesiologisk og Intensiv Afdeling, Regionshospitalet Viborg, Denmark. J. tfm@dadlnet.dk

Ugeskrift for Laeger

|April 19, 2012

Summary

Lactococcus garvieae, a fish pathogen, can cause rare human infections. This case report details a successful ampicillin and ciprofloxacin treatment for an elderly woman with sepsis due to this bacterium.

Area of Science:

Microbiology
Infectious Diseases

Background:

Lactococcus garvieae is a Gram-positive bacterium known to infect fish and cause mastitis in ruminants.
Human infections with L. garvieae are rare, with limited documentation in English literature.

Observation:

An 83-year-old female patient presented with hypothermia and sepsis.
Lactococcus garvieae was identified in two blood cultures from the patient.
No specific infection site was identified.

Findings:

The patient was treated with ampicillin and ciprofloxacin.
The patient recovered and was discharged after 18 days of hospitalization.

Implications:

This case highlights the potential for L. garvieae to cause severe infections in humans, albeit infrequently.

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Published on: September 19, 2013

Early diagnosis and appropriate antibiotic treatment are crucial for managing L. garvieae sepsis.

Further surveillance may be warranted, especially in regions with known L. garvieae fish infections.