A cautionary tale for probiotic use in hematopoietic SCT patients-Lactobacillus acidophilus sepsis in a patient with mantle cell lymphoma undergoing hematopoietic SCT

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2013 Mar;48(3):461-2. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2012.153. Epub 2012 Aug 13.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bacteremia / etiology*
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / etiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Lactobacillus acidophilus
  • Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell / drug therapy
  • Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell / microbiology*
  • Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell / surgery*
  • Male
  • Probiotics / administration & dosage
  • Probiotics / adverse effects*