Weissella confusa: problems with identification of an opportunistic pathogen that has been found in fermented foods and proposed as a probiotic.

Weissella confusa is found in fermented foods and has been suggested as a probiotic, but also causes sepsis and other serious infections in humans and animals. The incidence of human infections is underestimated partly due to confusion with viridans streptococci and partly due to difficulty making a...

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Main Author: Marilynn Ransom Fairfax
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00254/full