title: Direct detection of Clostridium sordellii in pleural fluid of a patient with pneumonic empyema by a broad-range 16S rRNA PCR.
abstract: We report the case of a 56-y-old male admitted with a left-sided post-pneumonic empyema. Clostridium sordellii DNA was directly detected in its pleural fluid by a broad-range 16S rRNA PCR, after 24 h of specimen collection. This is the third case of pleural infection caused by C. sordellii in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical School, University of Larissa, Larissa, Greece.
authors.forename: Christoforos N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Foroulis
authors.forename: Irini
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gerogianni
authors.forename: Vassilios K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Kouritas
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karestsi
authors.forename: Dimitra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Klapsa
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gourgoulianis
authors.forename: Efi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Petinaki
mesh_terms: D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D047989:Paraclostridium sordellii / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000382:microbiology*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S