A rare case of pleural effusion due to Prevotella dentalis
| Autor: | Fernando Cobo, Antonio Sampedro, Javier Rodríguez-Granger, José María Navarro-Marí, Luis Aliaga-Martínez, Elizabeth Calatrava |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Male medicine.medical_specialty Pleural effusion 030106 microbiology Prevotella Microbiology Gastroenterology 03 medical and health sciences Moxifloxacin Internal medicine Rare case medicine Bacteroidaceae Infections Humans Cognitive impairment Aged 80 and over biology business.industry Clindamycin Respiratory disease biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Anti-Bacterial Agents Penicillin Pleural Effusion 030104 developmental biology Infectious Diseases business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Anaerobe. 54 |
| ISSN: | 1095-8274 |
| Popis: | Prevotella dentalis is a Gram-negative anaerobic rod involved in various human diseases, especially oral infections. We report a rare case of a pleural effusion due to this microorganism in an elderly patient. An 88-year-old man with chronic respiratory disease presented with a left pleural effusion for more than 1 month. Culture of drained pleural fluid resulted in isolation of P. dentalis. Resistance to penicillin and moxifloxacin was documented. Treatment with drainage and clindamycin was established, but the patient developed cognitive impairment and died after a worsening of his general condition. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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