Pleural empyema caused by Leuconostoc spp.

Abraham Borer; Gabriel Weber; Lone Sølling Avnon; Klaris Riesenberg; Michael Alkan

doi:10.3109/00365549709019051

Pleural empyema caused by Leuconostoc spp.

Abraham Borer, Gabriel Weber, Lone Sølling Avnon, Klaris Riesenberg, Michael Alkan

Medical School for International Health

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Abstract

A rare case of pleural empyema caused by Leuconostoc spp. is reported. The patient was treated successfully with clindamycin. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of pleural empyema caused by Leuconostoc spp. in a patient with characteristic predisposing factors, such as a serious underlying disease, previous vancomycin therapy and thoracic access device. Our case illustrates that Leuconostoc spp. can cause pleural infection as further evidence of its human pathogenecity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	311-312
Number of pages	2
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	29
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/00365549709019051
State	Published - 1 Jan 1997

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General Immunology and Microbiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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