First case report of Neisseria lactamica causing cavitary lung disease in an adult organ transplant recipient.
We describe a case of an adult organ recipient patient with a pulmonary cavitary lesion due to Neisseria lactamica, a harmless commensal organism that rarely causes human infection. To our knowledge, this is the first report of pulmonary disease caused by this organism and the second case of N. lactamica infection in an adult patient.
Zavascki
Alexandre Prehn
AP
Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, 6690 Ipiranga Avenue, 90610-000 Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil. apzavascki@terra.com.br
Fritscher
Leandro
L
Superti
Silvana
S
Dias
Cícero
C
Kroth
Leonardo
L
Traesel
Moacir Alexandre
MA
Antonello
Ivan Carlos Ferreira
IC
Saitovitch
David
D
D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D042806:Neisseria lactamica / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography
D002511:Cephalosporins