Pulmonary nodules associated with Gemella bacteremia: CT findings in two children with osteosarcoma
| Autor: | Moshe D Bell, Ari M Steiner, Lisa Wilks-Gallo, Netta M. Blitman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Lung Diseases Male Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Lung Neoplasms Adolescent Bone Neoplasms Disease Gemella morbillorum Malignancy Staphylococcaceae Diagnosis Differential Fatal Outcome stomatognathic system medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Lung Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Multiple Pulmonary Nodules Osteosarcoma biology business.industry medicine.disease biology.organism_classification body regions Oral microbiology Bacteremia Gemella Female business Respiratory Insufficiency Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | Journal of thoracic imaging. 22(2) |
| ISSN: | 0883-5993 |
| Popis: | Gemella morbillorum and Gemella haemolysans are normal oral flora that can also be pathogenic. We report 2 cases of adolescents with osteosarcoma who developed multiple pulmonary nodules associated with Gemella bacteremia. These nodules mimicked metastatic disease. To our knowledge, this manifestation of Gemella infection has not been previously reported. In the setting of malignancy, infectious pulmonary nodules must be distinguished from metastatic nodules in order to treat appropriately. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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