Open AccessMolecular Diagnosis of Endocarditis Due toLactobacillus caseisubsp.rhamnosus
Author(s) -
Florent Wallet,
Rodrigue Dessein,
Sylvie Armand,
René Courcol
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/344181
Subject(s) - lactobacillus casei , lactobacillus rhamnosus , endocarditis , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , bacteria , lactobacillus , biology , surgery , genetics
We report a case of endocarditis due to Lactobacillus casei subsp. rhamnosus. The bacterium isolated from blood cultures and from valve tissue specimens was identified using both phenotypical analysis and DNA sequence analysis, which revealed that the rod profiles of the pathogens recovered from blood cultures and valve tissue specimens were the same.
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