Streptococcus thermophilus bacteraemia in a patient with transient bowel ischaemia secondary to polycythaemia
Introduction: The ability of Streptococcus thermophilus to convert lactose into lactic acid has long been utilised by the dairy industry. A seemingly low-pathogenicity organism, there have been no previously published reports linking the consumption of foodstuffs to bacteraemia with this bacterium....
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| author | Stephens, Joanna Turner, David P.J. |
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| description | Introduction: The ability of Streptococcus thermophilus to convert lactose into lactic acid has long been utilised by the dairy industry. A seemingly low-pathogenicity organism, there have been no previously published reports linking the consumption of foodstuffs to bacteraemia with this bacterium.
Case Presentation: Here we present a case of a regular consumer of Activia yoghurt who developed S. thermophilus bacteraemia probably due to transient bowel ischaemia secondary to polycythaemia.
Conclusion: The isolation of this bacterium from blood cultures may indicate underlying large bowel pathology and should not necessarily be dismissed as contamination. |
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| spelling | nottingham-341862020-05-04T17:07:31Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34186/ Streptococcus thermophilus bacteraemia in a patient with transient bowel ischaemia secondary to polycythaemia Stephens, Joanna Turner, David P.J. Introduction: The ability of Streptococcus thermophilus to convert lactose into lactic acid has long been utilised by the dairy industry. A seemingly low-pathogenicity organism, there have been no previously published reports linking the consumption of foodstuffs to bacteraemia with this bacterium. Case Presentation: Here we present a case of a regular consumer of Activia yoghurt who developed S. thermophilus bacteraemia probably due to transient bowel ischaemia secondary to polycythaemia. Conclusion: The isolation of this bacterium from blood cultures may indicate underlying large bowel pathology and should not necessarily be dismissed as contamination. Microbiology Society 2015-06-01 Article PeerReviewed Stephens, Joanna and Turner, David P.J. (2015) Streptococcus thermophilus bacteraemia in a patient with transient bowel ischaemia secondary to polycythaemia. JMM Case Reports . ISSN 2053-3721 bacteraemia; polycythaemia; Streptococcus thermophilus. http://jmmcr.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmmcr/10.1099/jmmcr.0.000060 doi:10.1099/jmmcr.0.000060 doi:10.1099/jmmcr.0.000060 |
| spellingShingle | bacteraemia; polycythaemia; Streptococcus thermophilus. Stephens, Joanna Turner, David P.J. Streptococcus thermophilus bacteraemia in a patient with transient bowel ischaemia secondary to polycythaemia |
| title | Streptococcus thermophilus bacteraemia in a patient with transient bowel ischaemia secondary to polycythaemia |
| title_full | Streptococcus thermophilus bacteraemia in a patient with transient bowel ischaemia secondary to polycythaemia |
| title_fullStr | Streptococcus thermophilus bacteraemia in a patient with transient bowel ischaemia secondary to polycythaemia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Streptococcus thermophilus bacteraemia in a patient with transient bowel ischaemia secondary to polycythaemia |
| title_short | Streptococcus thermophilus bacteraemia in a patient with transient bowel ischaemia secondary to polycythaemia |
| title_sort | streptococcus thermophilus bacteraemia in a patient with transient bowel ischaemia secondary to polycythaemia |
| topic | bacteraemia; polycythaemia; Streptococcus thermophilus. |
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