Lactobacillus rhamnosus Endocarditis After Upper Endoscopy
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Lactobacillus rhamnosus is commonly found in gastrointestinal flora and used in probiotics but is a rare human pathogen. We report a case of L. rhamnosus endocarditis following upper endoscopy in a frequent consumer of yogurt containing the organism, who required aortic and mitral valve replacement for cure.
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a 1st Cardiology Department, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece b Microbiology Department, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece c Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece d Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece e Department of Microbiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University o...
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