Lactobacillus rhamnosus septicaemia in a patient with a graft in the inferior vena cava.
A case of septicaemia that repeatedly showed growth of Lactobacillus rhamnosus in blood cultures is reported. The patient improved after removal of a Goretex patch in the inferior vena cava that was the focus of the infection. Lactobacilli can, in certain settings, be the cause of clinically important infections.
Jureen
Roland
R
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Gade Institute, Bergen, Norway. roland.jureen@haukeland.no
Søndenaa
Karl
K
Høiby
Ernst Arne
EA
Digranes
Asbjørn
A
D000328:Adult; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000382:microbiology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene