Lactococcus garvieae multi-valve infective endocarditis in a traveler returning from South Korea

Lactococcus garvieae is a rare but emerging human pathogen causing a variety of infections with only ten cases of infective endocarditis reported in the literature. We present the only case of Lactococcus garvieae infective endocarditis affecting both a native and a bioprosthetic valve in a traveler returning from rural South Korea. Published by Elsevier Ltd.