Probiotic related Lactobacillus rhamnosus endocarditis in a patient with liver cirrhosis

IDCases

Volumn 13, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Naqvi, S S B ^a   Nagendra, V ^a,b   Hofmeyr, A ^a,b  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lactobacillus rhamnosus endocarditis; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PROBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AORTIC REGURGITATION; AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

EID: 85051926723     PISSN: 22142509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00439     Document Type: Article

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