Lactobacillus: The not so friendly bacteria

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn 2017, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Pararajasingam, Abirami ^a   Uwagwu, Juliet ^a  

^a LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diabetes; diet; GI stents; infections; vitamins and supplements

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GENTAMICIN; GLICLAZIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LINEZOLID; LISINOPRIL; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METFORMIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SIMVASTATIN; SITAGLIPTIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECREASED APPETITE; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INSULIN TREATMENT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER ABSCESS; LUNG EMBOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGOR; SEPSIS; TACHYCARDIA; VEIN EMBOLISM; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VOMITING; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LACTOBACILLUS; LETHARGY; LINEZOLID; LIVER ABSCESS; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROBIOTICS; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 85034845512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2016-218423     Document Type: Article

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