title: Empyema caused by Kingella denitrificans and Peptostreptococcus spp. in a patient with bronchogenic carcinoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Intensive Care, Hospital del Mar, Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baró
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Torné
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miralles
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Solsona
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alía
mesh_terms: 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*