RESUMEN

Isolated cases of septicemia associated with probiotics have been reported. We describe Bacillus clausii septicemia in a 4-month-old male infant with congenital heart disease following treatment for diarrhea with a probiotic containing B. clausii spores. The septicemia proved refractory to treatment with antibiotics active against the pathogen and progressed to multidrug-resistant sepsis with multiorgan failure.

Asunto(s)

Bacillus clausii/patogenicidad , Diarrea/terapia , Probióticos/efectos adversos , Sepsis/diagnóstico , Sepsis/etiología , Antibacterianos/uso terapéutico , Bacillus clausii/efectos de los fármacos , Farmacorresistencia Bacteriana Múltiple , Resultado Fatal , Humanos , Lactante , Masculino , Insuficiencia Multiorgánica/microbiología , Sepsis/tratamiento farmacológico , Sepsis/microbiología