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The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India
Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India 1/2014

01-02-2014 | Case Report

A Pregnant Woman with Lactococcus lactis Meningitis: To Treat or Not to Treat?

Authors: Suman S. Karanth, Vandana KE, Faisal Hasan, Vasudev Acharya

Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India | Issue 1/2014

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Lactococcus lactis is generally considered a pathogen of lesser significance and usually treated only when isolated in cases like bacterial endocarditis [1, 2]. Due to their low pathogenicity and infrequent isolation in immune-competent persons, it is often disregarded by clinicians especially from the therapeutic stand point. This poses an important question—should we treat the infection or disregard it as a harmless pathogen? …
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Wood HF, Jacobs K, McCarty M. Streptococcus lactis isolated from a patient with subacute bacterial endocarditis. Am J Med. 1955;18:345–7.PubMedCrossRef
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Davies J, Burkitt MD, Watson A. Ascending cholangitis presenting with Lactococcus lactis cremoris bacteraemia: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2009;3:3.PubMedCentralPubMedCrossRef
Metadata
Title
A Pregnant Woman with Lactococcus lactis Meningitis: To Treat or Not to Treat?
Authors
Suman S. Karanth
Vandana KE
Faisal Hasan
Vasudev Acharya
Publication date
01-02-2014
Publisher
Springer India
Published in
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 0971-9202
Electronic ISSN: 0975-6434
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-012-0255-4

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