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Case Reports
. 2004 May;53(Pt 5):451-453.
doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.05328-0.

Case of aortic endocarditis caused by Lactobacillus casei

L Zé-Zé  1 , R Tenreiro  1 , A Duarte  1 , M J Salgado  1 , J Melo-Cristino  1 , L Lito  1 , M M Carmo  1 , S Felisberto  1 , G Carmo  1
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Case of aortic endocarditis caused by Lactobacillus casei

L Zé-Zé et al. J Med Microbiol. 2004 May.

Abstract

A case of Lactobacillus aortic valve endocarditis in a 53-year-old immunocompetent patient with past history of rheumatic fever is reported. Clinical symptoms began after a dental extraction and the patient's diet included several yogurts per day. Blood, bone marrow cultures and the replaced aortic valve were positive for Lactobacillus: The clinical isolate was identified as Lactobacillus casei by 16S rDNA sequencing.

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