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Clinical Perinatal/Neonatal Case Presentation

Lactobacillus acidophilus Sepsis in a Neonate

Journal of Perinatology volume 21, pages 258–260 (2001)Cite this article

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Lactobacillus species are non–spore-forming, anaerobic, gram-positive rods that cause disease in immunocompromised adults. Few cases have been described in children. We present the case of a 2-month-old infant who apparently developed Lactobacillus acidophilus sepsis from an infected central venous catheter. Physicians should be aware that although Lactobacillus species rarely cause disease in children, they should be considered a possible pathogen when isolated from the blood of a newborn infant.

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  1. University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT

    Charles Thompson MD

  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

    Yvette S McCarter PhD

  3. Division of Infectious Disease, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT

    Peter J Krause MD

  4. Division of Neonatology, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT

    Victor C Herson MD

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Thompson, C., McCarter, Y., Krause, P. et al. Lactobacillus acidophilus Sepsis in a Neonate. J Perinatol 21, 258–260 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7200509

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