Vagococcus fluvialis

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V. fluvialis

Collins et al. 1990

Vagococcus fluvialis is a species of bacteria. The type strain of V. fluvialis is NCDO 2497. [1] It rarely causes human infection. The only genetically proven case of V. fluvialis endocarditis was detected in the Cochin, India. [2]

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References

  1. Collins, M.D.; Ash, C.; Farrow, J.A.E.; Wallbanks, S.; Williams, A.M. (1989). "16S Ribosomal ribonucleic acid sequence analyses of lactococci and related taxa. Description ofVagococcus fluvialisgen. nov., sp. nov". Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 67 (4): 453–460. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.1989.tb02516.x. ISSN   0021-8847. PMID   2479630.
  2. Jadhav, Kartik Pandurang; Pai, Praveen G (October 2019). "A rare infective endocarditis caused by Vagococcus fluvialis". Journal of Cardiology Cases. 20 (4): 129–131. doi: 10.1016/j.jccase.2019.07.001 . PMC   6962713 . PMID   31969941.

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