title: Lactobacillus rhamnosus bacteremia in a kidney transplant recipient.
abstract: Lactobacillus rhamnosus is a rare clinical pathogen. A case of bacteremia caused by L. rhamnosus in a kidney transplant recipient is described. Once considered only as a contaminant or a low-virulence organism, L. rhamnosus might be an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients. To our knowledge, this is the first report of primary bloodstream infection caused by L. rhamnosus in a kidney transplant recipient.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: D R
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8683-3833
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Falci
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Rigatto
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Cantarelli
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.|Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Zavascki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D052201:Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology
keywords: Lactobacillus; Lactobacillus rhamnosus; bacteremia; kidney transplantation