title: [Bacteremia caused by Lactobacillus plantarum in endocarditis lenta].
abstract: A report is presented on a 43-year-old patient with a subacute endocarditis due to an immunovasculitis and a bloodstream infection caused by Lactobacillus plantarum. The causative agent was isolated six times from blood cultures. L. plantarum was identified according to the standard methods in anaerobe diagnostics (biochemical reactions and gas chromatography). Twenty-two isolations of lactobacilli from bloodstream infection are described in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Universität Mainz.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bär
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Euteneuer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schuster
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D004698:Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*; D014774:Virulence
vernacular_title: Bakteriämie durch Lactobacillus plantarum bei Endocarditis lenta.