First report of human acute acalculous cholecystitis caused by the fish pathogen Lactococcus garvieae.

Ji Hyung Kim, Jin Go, Chong Rae Cho, Jae Il Kim, Myung Soo Lee, Se Chang Park

Journal of clinical microbiology 2013 Feb

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We report herein the first case of acute acalculous cholecystitis caused by Lactococcus garvieae, which is known as a fish pathogen. A 69-year-old fisherman underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy due to severe inflammation in the gallbladder. The isolate obtained from the gallbladder was identified as L. garvieae by 16S rRNA and manganese-dependent superoxide dismutase (sodA) gene sequence analysis.

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Ji Hyung Kim, Jin Go, Chong Rae Cho, Jae Il Kim, Myung Soo Lee, Se Chang Park. First report of human acute acalculous cholecystitis caused by the fish pathogen Lactococcus garvieae. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2013 Feb;51(2):712-4