Liver abscess and bacteremia caused by lactobacillus: Role of probiotics? Case report and review of the literature

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sherid, Muhammed ^a   Samo, Salih ^b   Sulaiman, Samian ^c   Husein, Husein ^d   Sifuentes, Humberto ^a   Sridhar, Subbaramiah ^a  

^a AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Lactobacillus; Liver abscess; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LACTOBACILLUS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER ABSCESS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROFLORA; PATIENT HISTORY OF CHOLECYSTECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; SKIN EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COLITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COLITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; LIVER ABSCESS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84996865981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12876-016-0552-y     Document Type: Article

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