title: Lactobacillus paracasei endocarditis in a consumer of probiotics with advanced and severe bicuspid aortic valve stenosis complicated with diffuse left ventricular mid-layer fibrosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan. Electronic address: nobusada@w8.dion.ne.jp.
authors.forename: Nobusada
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Funabashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takaoka
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Pathology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakatani
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Goro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Matsumiya
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D000082882:Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D000069980:Lacticaseibacillus paracasei / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008297:Male; D019936:Probiotics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents