Endocarditis by Lactobacillus rhamnosus due to Yogurt ingestion?

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 710-714

  Presterl, E ^a   Kneifel, W ^a   Mayer, H K ^a   Zehetgruber, M ^a   Makristathis, A ^a   Graninger, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFOTAXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PROBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN; YOGHURT;

ADULT; ANKLE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; FOOD INTAKE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SYNOVECTOMY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; YOGURT;

EID: 0034796699     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540110026953     Document Type: Article

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