Empyema caused by Kingella denitrificans and Peptostreptococcus spp. in a patient with bronchogenic carcinoma.
Empyema caused by Kingella denitrificans and Peptostreptococcus spp. was diagnosed in a patient with bronchogenic carcinoma. This appears to be the third report providing evidence of a pathogenic role for K. denitrificans, and the first concerning infection in the pleural space and in a patient with underlying immunosuppressive disease. K. denitrificans should be added to the list of fastidious gram-negative bacteria associated with opportunistic infections in the compromised host.
Molina
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Dept of Intensive Care, Hospital del Mar, Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain.
Baró
T
T
Torné
J
J
Miralles
R
R
Gutiérrez
J
J
Solsona
J F
JF
Alía
C
C
D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications*; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009346:Neisseriaceae / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D010462:Peptostreptococcus / Q000472:pathogenicity*