title: [Lung abscess due to Fusobacterium nucleatum (author's transl)].
abstract: A patient with epilepsy, 45 years of age, developed a lung abscess due to Fusobacterium nucleatum which was successfully treated with intravenous lincomycin. Quantitative anaerobic cultures of washed sputum proved to be useful in detecting the causative organism.
mesh_terms: D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications; D005673:Fusobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008034:Lincomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D008034:Lincomycin