Thoracic empyema caused by Campylobacter rectus.
We report a case of thoracic empyema caused by Campylobacter rectus, an organism considered as a periodontal pathogen but rarely recovered from extraoral specimens. The patient fully recovered through drainage of purulent pleural fluid and administration of antibiotics. The present case illustrates that C. rectus can be a cause of not only periodontal disease but also pulmonary infection.
Department of Respiratory Medicine, JA Toride Medical Center, Japan.
Tomoyuki
T
Ogata
Department of Clinical Laboratories, JA Toride Medical Center, Japan.
Teruo
T
Urata
Department of Clinical Laboratories, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Japan.
Daisuke
D
Nemoto
Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Japan. Electronic address: shitomi@md.tsukuba.ac.jp.
Shigemi
S
Hitomi
D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D044883:Campylobacter rectus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
Campylobacter rectus; Garenoxacin; Sulbactam-ampicillin; Thoracic empyema