Probiotic-associated aspiration pneumonia due to Lactobacillus rhamnosus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3124-3126

  Doern, Christopher D ^a   Nguyen, Sean T ^b   Afolabi, Folashade ^c   Burnham, Carey Ann D ^d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ATELECTASIS; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRISOMY 21; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS; VOMITING; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PROBIOTICS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84905263674     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01065-14     Document Type: Article

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