1. Are probiotics safe? Bifidobacterium bacteremia in a child with severe heart failure.
- Author
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Pruccoli G, Silvestro E, Pace Napoleone C, Aidala E, Garazzino S, and Scolfaro C
- Subjects
- Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Bacteremia drug therapy, Bifidobacteriales Infections drug therapy, Drug Administration Schedule, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Female, Fever microbiology, Heart Failure microbiology, Heart Septal Defects, Atrial complications, Humans, Infant, Mitral Valve Insufficiency congenital, Bacteremia microbiology, Bifidobacteriales Infections microbiology, Bifidobacterium longum isolation & purification, Heart Failure complications, Probiotics adverse effects
- Abstract
Although few cases of bacteremia or sepsis caused by probiotics have been reported, it is important to consider their pathogenic potential, especially in some categories of patients. We report a case of Bifidobacterium spp bacteremia in a child with heart disease, undergoing probiotic supplementation to prevent antibiotic-associated diarrhea.
- Published
- 2019