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Lung abscess secondary to lung cancer with a coinfection of Granulicatellaadiacens and other bacteria: a case report.
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BMC Infectious Diseases . 7/8/2021, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p1-6. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>Granulicatella adiacens is facultative anaerobic Gram-positive bacteria, which mainly involve bacterial endocarditis and bacteremia, but there are few reports of local suppurative infection. A case of lung abscess with a coinfection of Granulicatella adiacens and other bacteria in a lung cancer patient will be reported in this paper. To our knowledge, this is the first case report describing lung abscess due to G.adiacens.<bold>Case Presentation: </bold>A 52-year-old Chinese woman was admitted to the hospital, She complained of coughing and expectoration for 1 month, shortness of breath for half a month, and dyspnea for 1 day. After a series of examinations, she was diagnosed with lung abscess, pleural effusion, and bronchogenic carcinoma. Draining pus culture demonstrated Granulicatella adiacens. After more than 5 weeks of antibiotic therapies in total, she gradually recovered to fight against lung cancer.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>This is the first reported lung abscess caused by G.adiacens. In immunosuppressed hosts, G.adiacens is a virulent pathogen associated with a spectrum of intrathoracic suppurative. Earlier diagnosis and proper drainage surgery with effective antibiotics treatment are very important, and antimicrobial treatment should be more than 5 weeks. When complex pulmonary infection interferes with the CT diagnosis, clinical suspicion of lung cancer should be increased if G.adiacens or Eikenella corrodens is detected from a pulmonary infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- *LUNG cancer
*MIXED infections
*ABSCESSES
*LUNGS
*BRONCHIAL carcinoma
*DIAGNOSIS
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712334
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151303935
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06191-8