Sendil Selin, Shrimanker Isha, Mansoora Qurat, Goldman John, Nookala Vinod K
Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pinnacle, Harrisburg, USA.
Internal Medicine: Infectious Disease, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pinnacle, Harrisburg, USA.
Cureus. 2020 Feb 5;12(2):e6887. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6887.
Conventionally, Lactobacillus species are considered as low virulence organisms and rarely cause infection in immunocompetent individuals. However, it might be an opportunistic infection source in immunocompromised patients and can cause invasive serious infections. To our knowledge, there are only a handful of cases in the literature reporting primary bloodstream infection caused by Lactobacilli spp. in transplant recipients. Here, we report a case of a kidney transplant recipient with Lactobacillus rhamnosus bacteremia.
传统上,乳酸杆菌属被认为是低毒力微生物,在免疫功能正常的个体中很少引起感染。然而,它可能是免疫功能低下患者的机会性感染源,并可导致侵袭性严重感染。据我们所知,文献中仅有少数病例报道了移植受者中由乳酸杆菌属引起的原发性血流感染。在此,我们报告一例肾移植受者发生鼠李糖乳杆菌菌血症的病例。