Lactobacillus rhamnosus Endocarditis After Upper Endoscopy

Lactobacillus rhamnosus is commonly found in gastrointestinal flora and used in probiotics but is a rare human pathogen. We report a case of L. rhamnosus endocarditis following upper endoscopy in a frequent consumer of yogurt containing the organism, who required aortic and mitral valve replacement...

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Autores principales: Aaron, Justin G., Sobieszczyk, Magdalena E., Weiner, Shepard D., Whittier, Susan, Lowy, Franklin D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5499731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28695143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx085

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5499731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28695143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx085

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