Six cases of Lactobacillus bacteraemia: identification of organisms and antibiotic susceptibility and therapy

Magnus Arpi; Marc Vancanneyt; Jean Swings; Jørgen J Leisner

doi:10.1080/00365540310011830

Six cases of Lactobacillus bacteraemia: identification of organisms and antibiotic susceptibility and therapy

Scand J Infect Dis. 2003;35(6-7):404-8. doi: 10.1080/00365540310011830.

Authors

Magnus Arpi¹, Marc Vancanneyt, Jean Swings, Jørgen J Leisner

Affiliation

¹ Arhus University Hospital, Skejby, Arhus, Denmark.

PMID: 12953954
DOI: 10.1080/00365540310011830

Abstract

Six cases of bacteraemia in hospitalized patients, 5 with a depressed immune status, were caused by lactobacilli. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of whole-cell proteins and API 50 CH carbohydrate patterns assigned the causative agents to the species Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus curvatus, Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis and Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Bacteremia / drug therapy*
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Female
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Lactobacillus / drug effects*
Lactobacillus / isolation & purification*
Lactobacillus / physiology
Male
Middle Aged

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents