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Abstract : Introduction Lactococcus garvieae, originally a fish pathogen, has very rarely been isolated from human infections, mainly infective endocartditis.1, 2, 3 Most of the patients in the reported cases of human infections had a positive history of contact with raw fish. Another common factor, which was seen to be present in some patients of L. garvieae infection was valvular damage. This organism often misidentified as Enterococcus spp. because of its morphological and biochemical similarities.4 In this case report, we describe a rare case of meningitis caused by L. garvieae, in the absence of endocarditis, in an immunocompetent patient, who presented as a suspected case of posterior circulation stroke with no past history of contact with raw fish.