title: Stomatococcus mucilaginosus lower respiratory tract infection in a patient with AIDS.
abstract: We describe a case of recurrent Stomatococcus mucilaginosus lower respiratory tract infection in a patient with AIDS. Apart from S. mucilaginosus no other pathogens were found to account for infection. There was a rapid response to rifampicin, the organism being resistant to penicillin, co-trimoxazole and ciprofloxacin. Infections caused by this organism are increasingly described, but there are few reports of lower respiratory tract infection.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Laboratory, Central Pathology Laboratory, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, U.K.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Cunniffe
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mallia
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Alcock
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D012293:Rifampin