Citrobacter freundii empyema in a patient with occult pulmonary histoplasmosis.
The genus Citrobacter includes three species of organisms that are uncommonly associated with human infection. When they are pathogenic, there are usually one or more associated respiratory, urinary, skin-soft tissue, and central nervous system infections and neonatal sepsis. These infections occur in the wake of significant systemic illness or complicate antibiotic usage. Rarely, infection has been associated with active tuberculosis. The authors report a case of Citrobacter freundii empyema in a patient with occult pulmonary histoplasmosis.
Chuang
A W
AW
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee, and Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, USA.
Lewis
J B
JB
Golden
E B
EB
Bhaskar
S K
SK
Bronze
M S
MS
D000368:Aged; D016971:Citrobacter freundii / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed