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

J F W Chan; P C Y Woo; J L L Teng; S K P Lau; S S M Leung; F C C Tam; K-Y Yuen

doi:10.1007/s15010-011-0094-8

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

Infection. 2011 Jun;39(3):259-64. doi: 10.1007/s15010-011-0094-8. Epub 2011 Mar 20.

Authors

J F W Chan¹, P C Y Woo, J L L Teng, S K P Lau, S S M Leung, F C C Tam, K-Y Yuen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China. jaspchan@gmail.com

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Asian People
Discitis / diagnosis
Discitis / drug therapy*
Famotidine / pharmacology
Food Contamination
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
Histamine H2 Antagonists / pharmacology
Humans
Lactococcus / classification
Lactococcus / genetics
Lactococcus / pathogenicity*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

Histamine H2 Antagonists
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Famotidine