Lactobacillus paracasei endocarditis in a consumer of probiotics with advanced and severe bicuspid aortic valve stenosis complicated with diffuse left ventricular mid-layer fibrosis

MeSH terms

• Aged
• Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage*
• Aortic Valve / abnormalities*
• Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
• Aortic Valve / microbiology
• Aortic Valve Stenosis* / complications
• Aortic Valve Stenosis* / diagnosis
• Aortic Valve Stenosis* / physiopathology
• Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
• Echocardiography / methods
• Endocarditis, Bacterial* / diagnosis
• Endocarditis, Bacterial* / etiology
• Endocarditis, Bacterial* / microbiology
• Endocarditis, Bacterial* / physiopathology
• Endomyocardial Fibrosis* / diagnosis
• Endomyocardial Fibrosis* / etiology
• Heart Valve Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
• Heart Valve Diseases* / microbiology
• Heart Ventricles* / diagnostic imaging
• Heart Ventricles* / pathology
• Humans
• Lactobacillus paracasei* / isolation & purification
• Lactobacillus paracasei* / pathogenicity
• Male
• Probiotics / therapeutic use
• Severity of Illness Index
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
• Treatment Outcome