Uncommon Pathogen, Lactobacillus, Causing Infective Endocarditis: Case Report and Review

Lactobacillus is not a common pathogen; however, it can contribute to opportunistic infections such as infective endocarditis (IE). Nonetheless, it has been reported as case reports in correlation with increased probiotic use, dental caries, and intravenous drug abuse.

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Autores principales: Antoun, Muhannad, Hattab, Yousef, Akhrass, Fadi-Al, Hamilton, Leigh Danielle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7661116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33204548
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8833948
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spelling pubmed-76611162020-11-16 Uncommon Pathogen, Lactobacillus, Causing Infective Endocarditis: Case Report and Review Antoun, Muhannad Hattab, Yousef Akhrass, Fadi-Al Hamilton, Leigh Danielle Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report Lactobacillus is not a common pathogen; however, it can contribute to opportunistic infections such as infective endocarditis (IE). Nonetheless, it has been reported as case reports in correlation with increased probiotic use, dental caries, and intravenous drug abuse. Hindawi 2020-11-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7661116/ /pubmed/33204548 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8833948 Text en Copyright © 2020 Muhannad Antoun et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Uncommon Pathogen, Lactobacillus, Causing Infective Endocarditis: Case Report and Review
title_fullStr Uncommon Pathogen, Lactobacillus, Causing Infective Endocarditis: Case Report and Review
title_full_unstemmed Uncommon Pathogen, Lactobacillus, Causing Infective Endocarditis: Case Report and Review
title_short Uncommon Pathogen, Lactobacillus, Causing Infective Endocarditis: Case Report and Review
title_sort uncommon pathogen, lactobacillus, causing infective endocarditis: case report and review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7661116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33204548
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8833948
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