Endocarditis by Lactobacillus rhamnosus due to yogurt ingestion?

E Presterl; W Kneifel; H K Mayer; M Zehetgruber; A Makristathis; W Graninger

doi:10.1080/00365540110026953

Endocarditis by Lactobacillus rhamnosus due to yogurt ingestion?

Scand J Infect Dis. 2001;33(9):710-4. doi: 10.1080/00365540110026953.

Authors

E Presterl¹, W Kneifel, H K Mayer, M Zehetgruber, A Makristathis, W Graninger

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine I, University of Vienna, Austria.

PMID: 11669233
DOI: 10.1080/00365540110026953

Abstract

A young man who ate large quantities of probiotic yogurt developed endocarditis and septic arthritis caused by Lactobacillus rhamnosus. The pathogenic isolate could not be distinguished from the yogurt microflora using methods routinely used in the clinical microbiology laboratory. Only by using more appropriate methodology, including PCR, the pathogen could be distinguished from the yogurt isolate.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Ankle Joint*
Arthritis, Infectious / diagnosis*
Arthritis, Infectious / etiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging
Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology
Food Microbiology*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnostic imaging
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / etiology
Humans
Lactobacillus / genetics
Lactobacillus / isolation & purification*
Male
Phenotype
Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
Yogurt / microbiology