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. 2023 Sep 11:54:101177.
doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2023.101177. eCollection 2023 Sep.

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

Souheil Zayet  1 , Julie Plantin  2 , Clément Triquenot  3 , Vincent Gendrin  1 , Nabil Belfeki  4 , Timothée Klopfenstein  1
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Lactobacillus rhamnosus a cause of Gram-positive rods bacteremia after prophylactic probiotic consumption

Souheil Zayet et al. New Microbes New Infect. .

Abstract

•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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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Blood culture Gram stain reveals Gram-positive rods in chains (original magnification, ​× ​100).
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