Lactobacillus rhamnosus a cause of Gram-positive rods bacteremia after prophylactic probiotic consumption

• Lactobacillus rhamnosus bacteremia was diagnosed in a patient with radiation enteritis after prophylactic probiotic consumption. • L. rhamnosus was identified by culture and MALDI-TOF-MS. • L. rhamnosus may have high MIC values for amoxicillin. • In case of L. rhamnosus bacteremia, bowel diseases...

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Autores principales: Zayet, Souheil, Plantin, Julie, Triquenot, Clément, Gendrin, Vincent, Belfeki, Nabil, Klopfenstein, Timothée
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10505660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37727501
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2023.101177
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Sumario:• Lactobacillus rhamnosus bacteremia was diagnosed in a patient with radiation enteritis after prophylactic probiotic consumption. • L. rhamnosus was identified by culture and MALDI-TOF-MS. • L. rhamnosus may have high MIC values for amoxicillin. • In case of L. rhamnosus bacteremia, bowel diseases should be considered as a possible source of infections.

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