BACILLUS CLAUSII SEPTICEMIA IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT AFTER TREATMENT WITH PROBIOTICS.
- 2019-09
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 38(9)
- S. Joshi
- S. Udani
- Supratim Sen
- S. Kirolikar
- A. Shetty
- PubMed: 31033906
- DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002350
Study Design
- Type
- Case Report
- Sample size
- n = 1
- Population
- 4-month-old male infant with congenital heart disease
- Methods
- Case report
Abstract
Isolated cases of septicemia associated with probiotics have been reported. We describe Bacillus clausii septicemia in a 4-month-old male infant with congenital heart disease following treatment for diarrhea with a probiotic containing B. clausii spores. The septicemia proved refractory to treatment with antibiotics active against the pathogen and progressed to multidrug-resistant sepsis with multiorgan failure.
Research Insights
We describe Bacillus clausii septicemia in a 4-month-old male infant with congenital heart disease following treatment for diarrhea with a probiotic containing B. clausii spores.
- Effect
- Harmful
- Effect size
- Large