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[Subacute bacterial endocarditis due to lactobacillus (author's transl)]. 1977

B Dupont, and C l Lapresle

The case described is one of endocarditis due to lactobacillus casei in a 33-year-old man with aortic insufficiency of undetermined origin. The clinical signs were neurological, following thrombosis of the right posterior cerebral artery. The source of injection was a dental extraction. This case, with a typical clinical picture, is the eleventh to be reported in the literature.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007780	Lacticaseibacillus casei	A rod-shaped bacterium isolated from milk and cheese, dairy products and dairy environments, sour dough, cow dung, silage, and human mouth, human intestinal contents and stools, and the human vagina. L. casei is CATALASE positive.	Lactobacillus casei
D008297	Male		Males
D002542	Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis	Embolism or thrombosis involving blood vessels which supply intracranial structures. Emboli may originate from extracranial or intracranial sources. Thrombosis may occur in arterial or venous structures.	Brain Embolism and Thrombosis,Cerebral Embolism and Thrombosis,Embolism and Thrombosis, Brain
D004698	Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial	ENDOCARDIUM infection that is usually caused by STREPTOCOCCUS. Subacute infective endocarditis evolves over weeks and months with modest toxicity and rare metastatic infection.	Endocarditis Lenta,Bacterial Endocarditides, Subacute,Bacterial Endocarditis, Subacute,Endocarditides, Subacute Bacterial,Subacute Bacterial Endocarditides,Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D001022	Aortic Valve Insufficiency	Pathological condition characterized by the backflow of blood from the ASCENDING AORTA back into the LEFT VENTRICLE, leading to regurgitation. It is caused by diseases of the AORTIC VALVE or its surrounding tissue (aortic root).	Aortic Incompetence,Aortic Regurgitation,Aortic Valve Incompetence,Regurgitation, Aortic Valve,Incompetence, Aortic,Incompetence, Aortic Valve,Insufficiency, Aortic Valve,Regurgitation, Aortic
D014081	Tooth Extraction	The surgical removal of a tooth. (Dorland, 28th ed)	Extraction, Tooth,Extractions, Tooth,Tooth Extractions