Parola P, Maurin M, Alimi Y, Juhan C, Brouqui P
Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Houphouët-Boigny, chemin de la Madrague Ville, Marseille, France.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1998 Mar;17(3):203-5. doi: 10.1007/BF01691119.
Human infections caused by Lactobacillus spp. are rarely reported in the literature. Underlying conditions are frequently reported, and identification of lactobacilli to the species level remains rare. A case of Lactobacillus casei septicaemia secondary to a vascular graft infection is reported. The 16S rRNA sequencing technique was used to definitively identify Lactobacillus casei.