title: Transmission of Lactobacillus pneumonia by a transplanted lung.
abstract: Herein we report Lactobacillus pneumonia in a lung transplant recipient. The organism may have been normal flora in the donor but was a pathogen in the immunosuppressed recipient. Antibiotic therapy should include penicillin or clindamycin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Fullerton
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Zamora
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Badesch
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Grover
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents