Pancreatic Necrosis Infection due to <i>Lactobacillus paracasei</i> in an Immunocompetent Patient

Vol. 5, No. 1, 2005

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Pancreatic Necrosis Infection due to Lactobacillus paracasei in an Immunocompetent Patient
W.J. Z'Graggen^a,c, H. Fankhauser^b, F. Lammer^a, T. Bregenzer^a, D. Conen^a

^aDepartment of Internal Medicine and
^bInstitute for Microbiology, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, and
^cDepartment of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

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Pancreatology 2005;5:108-109 (DOI: 10.1159/000084786)

Key Words

Acute pancreatitis
Lactobacillus paracasei subspecies tolerans
16S rDNA sequencing
Antibiotic prophylaxis, acute pancreatitis
Antibiotic sensitivity, Lactobacillus spp.
Pancreatic necrosis infection

Abstract

An immunocompetent patient recovering from gallstone-induced pancreatitis had to be readmitted due to abdominal pain, fever, and rapid deterioration. Computed tomography guided needle aspiration established the diagnosis of pancreatic necrosis infection; microbiological investigations revealed monoinfection with Lactobacillus paracasei subspecies tolerans. To our knowledge, this is the first description of a pancreatic necrosis infection due to L. paracasei in an immunocompetent patient without any known risk factors for Lactobacillus infections.

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W.J. Z'Graggen, MD
Inselspital, Freiburgstrasse
CH-3010 Bern (Switzerland)
Tel. +41 31 632 30 98, Fax +41 31 632 30 11
E-Mail werner.zgraggen@insel.ch

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Published online: March 30, 2005
Number of Print Pages : 2
Number of Figures : 0, Number of Tables : 0, Number of References : 15

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