Rothia dentocariosa pneumonia in an immunocompromised patient
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by Springer Nature in Lung
- Vol. 165 (1) , 279-282
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02714444
Abstract
An 84-year-old woman with acute myelocytic leukemia presented with fever and a left upper lobe infiltrate on chest x-ray. She failed to respond to initial broad spectrum antibiotic therapy. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and a transthoracic needle aspirate subsequently both grewRothia dentocariosa, a gram-positive branching rod. The pneumonia resolved after prolonged treatment with Clindamycin.Rothia dentocariosa must be considered a cause of opportunistic pulmonary infection.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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