Transmission of Lactobacillus pneumonia by a transplanted lung.
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.
Jones
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SD
Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262.
Fullerton
D A
DA
Zamora
M R
MR
Badesch
D B
DB
Campbell
D N
DN
Grover
F L
FL
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents