Catheter-related bacteremia due to Lactobacillus rhamnosus in a single-lung transplant recipient.
There is still a major debate about the pathogenicity of Lactobacillus spp. and some reports emphasize that these microorganisms are never isolated from endovascular devices. In this report we present a case of catheter-related bacteremia due to L. rhamnosus in a patient who underwent a single-lung transplant.
Carretto
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Laboratorio di Batteriologia e Micologia, Laboratori Sperimentali di Ricerca, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy. e.carretto@smatteo.pv.it
Barbarini
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Marzani
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Fumagalli
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Monzillo
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Marone
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D000328:Adult; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin