title: Severe anaerobic necrotizing pneumonia complicated by pyopneumothorax and anaerobic monoarthritis due to Peptostreptococcus magnus.
abstract: A rare case of a severe anaerobic necrotizing pneumonia complicated by pyopneumothorax and monoarthritis due to anaerobic Peptostreptococcus magnus is described in a 20-year-old soldier. The patient's immunological status was normal. There were no predisposing underlying factors, and he was treated successfully without any residual damage. To our knowledge, a similar case has never been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Department, Army General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Panagou
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Papandreou
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bouros
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D010462:Peptostreptococcus; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography