Case of aortic endocarditis caused by Lactobacillus casei

J Med Microbiol. 2004 May;53(Pt 5):451-453. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.05328-0.

Abstract

A case of Lactobacillus aortic valve endocarditis in a 53-year-old immunocompetent patient with past history of rheumatic fever is reported. Clinical symptoms began after a dental extraction and the patient's diet included several yogurts per day. Blood, bone marrow cultures and the replaced aortic valve were positive for Lactobacillus: The clinical isolate was identified as Lactobacillus casei by 16S rDNA sequencing.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve / microbiology*
  • DNA, Ribosomal / analysis
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Lacticaseibacillus casei / classification
  • Lacticaseibacillus casei / genetics
  • Lacticaseibacillus casei / isolation & purification*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AF526388