@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmmcr/10.1099/jmmcr.0.000060, author = "Stephens, Joanna and Turner, David", title = "Streptococcus thermophilus bacteraemia in a patient with transient bowel ischaemia secondary to polycythaemia", journal= "JMM Case Reports", year = "2015", volume = "2", number = "3", pages = "", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/jmmcr.0.000060", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmmcr/10.1099/jmmcr.0.000060", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "2053-3721", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Streptococcus thermophilus", keywords = "polycythaemia", keywords = "bacteraemia", eid = "e000060", abstract = " Introduction: The ability of Streptococcus thermophilus to convert lactose into lactic acid has long been utilized by the dairy industry. A seemingly low-pathogenicity organism, to the best of our knowledge there have been no previously published reports linking the consumption of foodstuffs to bacteraemia caused by this bacterium. Case presentation: Here we present a case of a regular consumer of Activia yoghurt who developed S. thermophilus bacteraemia, probably due to transient bowel ischaemia secondary to polycythaemia. Conclusion: The isolation of this bacterium from blood cultures may indicate underlying large bowel pathology and should not necessarily be dismissed as contamination. ", }