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Lactobacilli are currently proposed as probiotic agents in several dietary products. In blood cultures, they are usually considered as contaminants, but in recent years they have been recognized as causal infectious agents of endocarditis, urinary tract infections, meningitis, intra-abdominal infections and bacteraemia.
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pubmed:affiliation |
National Institute for Infectious Diseases, INMI 'L, Spallanzani', via portuense, Rome, Italy. ch.tommasi@tiscali.it
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