Lactobacilli and bifidobacteria are extremely rare causes of infection in humans, as are
probiotics based on these organisms. This lack of pathogenicity extends across all age groups …

A growing amount of clinical and experimental evidence suggests a link between infection
and atherosclerotic diseases including both myocardial and cerebral infarction. A prime …

Known risk factors for coronary heart disease do not explain all of the clinical and
epidemiological features of the disease. To examine the role of chronic bacterial infections as risk …

Lactobacilli supposedly have low pathogenicity; they are seldom detected in blood culture.
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, which originates indigenously in the human intestine, became …

Lactobacillus bacteremia is a rare entity, and its clinical significance is poorly defined. We
have reviewed the risk factors and outcome for 89 case patients with Lactobacillus bacteremia. …

An association between dental and other bacterial infections and coronary heart disease has
recently been observed in both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. To elucidate this …

The role of preceding infection as a risk factor for ischaemic stroke was investigated in a
case-control study of 54 consecutive patients under 50 years of age with brain infarction and 54 …

To study the effects of acute infections on serum lipids and lipoproteins we measured the
concentration and composition of different lipoproteins, apoproteins AI, A-II, and B, and the …

We studied 3231 patients with acute central nervous system (CNS) symptoms of suspected
viral origin to elucidate the current etiologic spectrum. In 46% of the cases, a viral finding was …

Background . Data regarding antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical Lactobacillus isolates
are scarce, and appropriate interpretation criteria for susceptibility tests are not available. …