Pleuropulmonary infection with chest wall infiltration by Eikenella corrodens.
Eikenella corrodens is a facultative anaerobic bacillus which is part of the normal flora of the oral cavity and has an unusual antibiotic sensitivity for an anaerobe. The case history is presented of a young man with chest wall infiltration by Eikenella corrodens.
Killen
J W
JW
Department of Medicine, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK.
Swift
G L
GL
White
R J
RJ
D000328:Adult; D016124:Eikenella corrodens; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013909:Thorax / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology