A Case of Infective Endocarditis and Pulmonary Septic Emboli Caused by Lactococcus lactis

• Main Authors: Bshara Mansour (Author), Adib Habib (Author), Nazih Asli (Author), Yuval Geffen (Author), Dan Miron (Author), Nael Elias (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Infective endocarditis is a rare condition in children with normal hearts. We present here a case of previously healthy eleven-year-old girl with infective endocarditis and pulmonary septic emboli caused by a very rare bacterial etiology (Lactococcus lactis). Identification of this pathogen was only...