Lactobacillus rhamnosus R0343ND and Occurrence of Septic Shock

• Septicemia from Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, from a Probiotic Enriched Yogurt, in a Patient with Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation

  • 2018-02-17
  • Case Report · n = 1
  • Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins 11(1)
  • • S. Koyama
    • H. Fujita
    • T. Shimosato
    • A. Kamijo
    • Yasufumi Ishiyama
    • Eri Yamamoto
    • Yoshimi Ishii
    • Y. Hattori
    • M. Hagihara
    • E. Yamazaki
    • N. Tomita
    • H. Nakajima

  • PubMed: 29455334
  • DOI: 10.1007/s12602-018-9399-6

  3 Insights on

  • Occurrence of Septic Shock

  • Low evidence
  • Clinical

  We report here, a case of septic shock caused by yogurt derived Lactobacillus species in a 54-year-old male patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia, in second complete remission, and who was an autologous stem cell transplantation recipient.

  Effect

  Harmful

  Effect size

  Large