How Safe is Safe? – A Case of Lactobacillus paracasei ssp. paracasei Endocarditis and Discussion of the Safety of Lactic Acid Bacteria

Nadia Soleman Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine IV, Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Hermann Laferl Department of Dairy Research and Bacteriology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna, AustriaCorrespondence[email protected]

Wolfgang Kneifel Institute of Pathology and Bacteriology, Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Gerhard Tucek Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine V, Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Erich Budschedl Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine IV, Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Heinz Weber Department of Dairy Research and Bacteriology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Hannes Pichler Institute of Pathology and Bacteriology, Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Helmut K. Mayer Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine V, Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna, Austria

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Abstract

We report a case of endocarditis due to Lactobacillus paracasei ssp. paracasei, which could be distinguished from Lactobacillus strains used for the fermentation of dairy products by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction. The safety of biotechnical lactic acid bacteria use is also discussed.

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