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Volume 32, Number 8—August 2026

Research Letter

Human Lactococcus garvieae Bloodstream Infection Complicated by Spondylodiscitis, Germany

Philipp SchulzComments to Author , Pascal Migaud, Daniela Drauz, Sebastian Jaeger, Johannes Elias, and Hartmut Stocker
Author affiliation: Joseph-Kliniken–St. Joseph Krankenhaus Berlin–Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany (P. Schulz, P. Migaud, D. Drauz, S. Jaeger, H. Stocker); Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin (P. Schulz, P. Migaud, H. Stocker); MDI Limbach Berlin GmbH, Berlin (J. Elias); Health and Medical University Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany (J. Elias)

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Figure 1

Transesophageal echocardiograph findings from a case of human Lactococcus garvieae bloodstream infection complicated by spondylodiscitis, Germany. A) Echocardiograph obtained on day 6 demonstrates mobile vegetations on both leaflets of the biological prosthetic mitral valve with a maximum dimension of 6 × 16 mm and pronounced valvular leaflet thickening (arrow). No notable valvular dysfunction was present. B) Echocardiograph obtained on day 45 shows marked regression of mitral valve leaflet thickening and a smaller vegetation (arrow; maximum 4 × 4 mm). No notable valvular dysfunction was present. C) Echocardiograph obtained on day 98 shows marked regression of mitral valve leaflet thickening. Arrow shows a faint 5 mm filamentous structure that might represent a residual finding. No notable valvular dysfunction was present.

Figure 1. Transesophageal echocardiograph findings from a case of human Lactococcus garvieae bloodstream infection complicated by spondylodiscitis, Germany. A) Echocardiograph obtained on day 6 demonstrates mobile vegetations on both leaflets of the biological prosthetic mitral valve with a maximum dimension of 6 × 16 mm and pronounced valvular leaflet thickening (arrow). No notable valvular dysfunction was present. B) Echocardiograph obtained on day 45 shows marked regression of mitral valve leaflet thickening and a smaller vegetation (arrow; maximum 4 × 4 mm). No notable valvular dysfunction was present. C) Echocardiograph obtained on day 98 shows marked regression of mitral valve leaflet thickening. Arrow shows a faint 5 mm filamentous structure that might represent a residual finding. No notable valvular dysfunction was present.

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