A 22-year-old man with pre-existing aortic valve disease contracted acute lactobacillus endocarditis six weeks after a dental procedure despite adequate prophylaxis. We discuss the limitations of prophylaxis for infective endocarditis in use until the end of 2008 and describe the new updated guidelines. We also explain the treatment of lactobacillus endocarditis and speculate on possible health risks of the increasing use of lactobacillus-containing dairy products, especially in immune-compromised patients.
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PLoS One
August 2024
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
Background: Lacticaseibacillus (formerly Lactobacillus) rhamnosus is widely used in probiotics or food supplements to promote microbiome health and may also be part of the normal microbiota of the human gastrointestinal tract. However, it rarely also causes invasive or severe infections in patients. It has been postulated that these infections may originate from probiotics or from endogenous commensal reservoirs.
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January 2024
School of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.
Bacteria of the genus are microaerophilic or aerotolerant anaerobic Gram-positive non-spore-forming rods. They are considered essential members of the human gut microbiome; however, recent studies have revealed that these microorganisms are less predominant in the gut microbiome than initially thought. spp.
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October 2023
Infectious Disease, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown, USA.
Lactobacilli are facultative anaerobic, gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria found in the normal flora of the oral cavity and the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts. This report presents a case of infective endocarditis and provides echocardiographic evidence of its pathogenic potential. Furthermore, we provide an account of the first successful treatment with daptomycin to our knowledge.
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June 2023
Infectious Disease, Western Reserve Health Education/Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), Warren, USA.
is a gram-positive rod commonly found in probiotic foods and is well known to promote healthy gastrointestinal tracts. However, there have been a few case reports that have found to be the causative agent in complications such as endocarditis, meningitis, peritonitis, pancreatitis, and cholecystitis. We present the case of a 76-year-old woman who was admitted for decompensated heart failure.
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