Lactobacillus rhamnosus septicaemia in a patient with a graft in the inferior vena cava.

Abstract

A case of septicaemia that repeatedly showed growth of Lactobacillus rhamnosus in blood cultures is reported. The patient improved after removal of a Goretex patch in the inferior vena cava that was the focus of the infection. Lactobacilli can, in certain settings, be the cause of clinically important infections.

• Authors: Roland Jureen, Karl Søndenaa, Ernst Arne Høiby, Asbjørn Digranes
• Journal: Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases (Scand J Infect Dis) Vol. 34 Issue 2 Pg. 135-6 ( 2002) ISSN: 0036-5548 [Print] England
• PMID: 11928847 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Polytetrafluoroethylene

Topics

• Adult
• Blood Vessel Prosthesis (microbiology)
• Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections (complications, microbiology, therapy)
• Humans
• Lactobacillus (classification, isolation & purification)
• Male
• Polytetrafluoroethylene
• Sepsis (complications, microbiology, therapy)
• Testicular Neoplasms (complications)
• Vena Cava, Inferior (microbiology, surgery)