Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Infective Endocarditis Caused by Lactobacillus
Shusuke YagiMasahi AkaikeMitsunori FujimuraTakayuki IseSumiko YoshidaYuka SumitomoYasumasa IkedaTakashi IwaseKen-ichi AiharaHiroyuki AzumaAtsushi KurushimaYouichi IchikawaTetsuya KitagawaTakehiko KimuraTakeshi NishiuchiToshio Matsumoto
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2008 Volume 47 Issue 12 Pages 1113-1116

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Lactobacillus (LB) is a gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that inhabits the oral cavity, gastrointestinal tract, vagina and nasal cavity. Although LB plays a role in the prevention of infections caused by pathogenic bacteria, it causes some critical infectious diseases such as infective endocarditis (IE). IE due to LB is rare; however, early diagnosis and early treatment are important because of its high mortality rate. We report the onset of IE after otologic treatment in a heavy drinker of alcohol, the second case of IE due to LB in Japan.

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