학술논문
Mitral Valve Endocarditis due to Lactobacillus.
Document Type
Case Study
Source
Subject
*MITRAL valve diseases
*LACTOBACILLUS
*GUT microbiome
*ABSCESSES
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Language
ISSN
1687-9627
Abstract
Lactobacillus species are Gram-positive, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria. They belong to the lactic acid bacteria group and are also known as a usual part of the normal flora of the gastrointestinal tract as well as of the urinary and genital tracts. They are an infrequent human pathogen but can induce several infections such as bacteremia and infectious endocarditis. We report the case of an 81-year-old woman with Lactobacillus bacteremia and mitral valve endocarditis as well as splenic abscesses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]