A cavitary pneumonia caused by leptotrichia species in an immunocompetent patient.
Leptotrichia species (LS) is an anaerobic Gram negative bacillus in the Bacteroidaceae family and part of the normal human oral flora. It is rarely pathogenic, but occasionally causes diseases in immunocompromised hosts. I am reporting a case of cavitary pneumonia caused by LS in an immunocompetent host.
Section of Infectious Disease, VA Medical Center; ; Department of Internal Medicine, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Fargo, ND, USA.
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Leptotrichia sp; cavitary pneumonia; immunocompetent patient.