Sudden infant death due to Lactococcal infective endocarditis

Highlights • We experienced a case of sudden infantile death due to Lactococcal infective endocarditis. • This is the first report of infantile fatal Lactococcal endocarditis according to our knowledge. • Clinician should suspect infective endocarditis in baby, even if it had no heart trouble in the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 2016-03, Vol.19, p.107-111
Hauptverfasser:	Taniguchi, K, Nakayama, M, Nakahira, K, Nakura, Y, Kanagawa, N, Yanagihara, I, Miyaishi, S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Autopsy Endocarditis, Bacterial - microbiology Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology Humans Infant Infective endocarditis Internal Medicine Lactococcus - isolation & purification Lactococcus lactis subspecies Male Sudden death Sudden Infant Death - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • We experienced a case of sudden infantile death due to Lactococcal infective endocarditis. • This is the first report of infantile fatal Lactococcal endocarditis according to our knowledge. • Clinician should suspect infective endocarditis in baby, even if it had no heart trouble in the past. • Forensic pathologist is expected to collect and analyze case of rare disease for its prevention.
ISSN:	1344-6223 1873-4162
DOI:	10.1016/j.legalmed.2015.07.013