How safe is safe?--a case of Lactobacillus paracasei ssp. paracasei endocarditis and discussion of the safety of lactic acid bacteria

Scand J Infect Dis. 2003;35(10):759-62. doi: 10.1080/00365540310015872.

Abstract

We report a case of endocarditis due to Lactobacillus paracasei ssp. paracasei, which could be distinguished from Lactobacillus strains used for the fermentation of dairy products by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction. The safety of biotechnical lactic acid bacteria use is also discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Consumer Product Safety*
  • Dairy Products / microbiology*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Female
  • Food Microbiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Lactobacillus / classification
  • Lactobacillus / isolation & purification*
  • Probiotics / adverse effects
  • Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
  • Species Specificity