title: Corynebacterium afermentans lung abscess and empyema in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
abstract: Necrotizing pleuropulmonary infection in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome developed due to Corynebacterium afermentans subspecies lipophilum. Long-term combination antibiotic therapy was successful in eradicating the infection without surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY 10025, USA. ruth_minkin@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Minkin
authors.forename: Janet M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Shapiro
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D003352:Corynebacterium; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy