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

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Kim JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3553880 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature