Citation
E. Presterl et al., Endocarditis by Lactobacillus rhamnosus due to yogurt ingestion?, SC J IN DIS, 33(9), 2001, pp. 710-714
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Immunology
Journal title
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
00365548
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Volume
33
Issue
9
Year of publication
2001
Pages
710 - 714
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5548(2001)33:9<710:EBLRDT>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A young man who ate large quantities of probiotic yogurt developed endocard
itis and septic arthritis caused by Lactobacillus rhamnosus. The pathogenic
isolate could not be distinguished from the yogurt microflora using method
s routinely used in the clinical microbiology laboratory. Only by using mor
e appropriate methodology, including PCR, the pathogen could be distinguish
ed from the yogurt isolate.