Table 1 Reported cases (MEDLINE and Scopus Databases) of infectious endocarditis caused by Lactococcus lactis
Authors | Year | Subspecies | Unpasteurized dairy products consumption | Heart disease | Valve involved | Complications | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wood et al. [13] | 1955 | L. lactis subsp. lactis | Yes (ice cream) | No history of heart disease | Unknown | None | Recovered |
Mannion and Rothburn [14] | 1990 | L. lactis subsp. lactis | Unknown | Myocardial infarction, rheumatic mitral valve disease | Mitral | Infarction/dysphasia | Recovered |
Pellizzer et al. [15] | 1996 | L. lactis subsp. cremoris | No | Mitral prolapse | Aortic | None | Recovered |
Halldorsdottir et al. [16] | 2002 | L. lactis subsp. cremoris | Yes (milk) | No history of heart disease | Mitral | None | Recovered |
Kiss et al. [17] | 2005 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Femoral osteomyelitis | Unknown |
Zechini et al. [18] | 2006 | L. lactis subsp. lactis | Unknown | Atrial mixoma, mitral regurgitation | Mitral | None | Recovered after surgery |
Resch et al. [19] | 2006 | L. lactis subsp. cremoris | Yes (cheese) | No history of heart disease | Aortic | Multiple mycotic aneurysms | Recovered after surgery |
Lin et al. [20] | 2009 | L. lactis subsp. cremoris | No | No heart disease | Mitral | Intracerebral hemorrhage/infraction | Deceased |
Rostagno et al. [6] | 2012 | Unknown | No | Mitral valve prolapse | Mitral | Embolic infarction | Recovered after surgery |
Taniguchi et al. [21] | 2015 | Unknown | No | No heart disease | Mitral + tricuspid | Arrhythmia | Deceased |
Mansour et al. [22] | 2016 | Unknown | No | Ventricular septal defect | Tricuspid | Pulmonary septic emboli | Recovered |
Georgountzos et al. [7] | 2017 | Unknown | No | No history of heart disease | Aortic | None | Recovered |
Fei Chen et al. [23] | 2018 | L. lactis subsp. lactis | Unknown | Coronary heart disease | Mitral | None | Recovered |
Lahlou et al. | 2021 | L. lactis subsp. cremoris | Yes (milk) | No heart disease | Aortic | Liver abscess, splenic infarction, bilateral pleural effusion + right basal pneumonia | Recovered |