期刊
RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
卷 109, 期 -, 页码 59-70出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2016.09.010
关键词
Lactococcosis; Lactococcus garvieae infections; Emerging zoonotic pathogen
资金
- projects of Ministerio Espanol de Ciencia e Innovacion and (TAVS-CM) of Comunidad de Madrid, Spain [AGL2012-35419, S2013/ABI-2747]
- European Structural and Investment Funds
Lactococcus garvieae is a relevant worldwide fish pathogen affecting various farmed and wild marine and freshwater species. It has also been isolated from other animals, such as ruminants with subclinical mastitis and pigs with pneumonia. From the early 90s, L. garvieae has been associated with different human infections, mainly endocarditis. During the last five years, human infections by this bacterium appear to be increasing, likely due to the improvement in microbiological methods for bacterial identification and the alertness of this bacterium by physicians. Human L. garvieae infections have been associated with the consumption or the handling of contaminated raw fish or seafood, and recently, a genetic study showed that meat, raw milk and dairy products may also be food sources of human L. garvieae infections. However, the status of L. garvieae as a potential zoonotic bacterium is still controversial to date. In this work, we describe four new human infections by L. garvieae in elderly and inmunocompromised patients, and we show an overview on L. garvieae microbiology, epidemiology, virulence factors and relationship with its presence in foods. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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