Bacteremia and pyelonephritis caused by Lactobacillus jensenii in a patient with urolithiasis

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 164-165

  Chazan, Bibiana ^a,b   Raz, Raz ^a,d   Shental, Yosef ^a   Sprecher, Hanna ^c   Colodner, Raul ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Lactobacillemia; Lactobacillus; Pyelonephritis; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RNA 16S; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; URETER STENT; URIC ACID STONE; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; UROLITHIASIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MIDDLE AGED;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MIDDLE AGED; PYELONEPHRITIS; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 42949162511     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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