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Fatal thoracic empyema involving Campylobacter rectus : A case report

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Noël, Audrey [UCL] Verroken, Alexia [UCL] Belkhir, Leïla [UCL] Rodriguez-Villalobos, Hector [UCL]

(eng) We report the case of a 69-year-old man admitted for septic shock secondary to necrotic pneumoniae complicated by thoracic empyema of fatal issue. Microbiological examination of pleural liquid revealed a mixed anaerobic flora involving Campylobacter rectus and Actinomyces meyeri. Campylobacter rectus is an infrequent anaerobic pathogen of oral origin To our knowledge, this is the first case report of fatal C. rectus - associated thoracic empyema, and only the second reported case in which identification was successfully performed by MALDI-TOF MS.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2018
Language Anglais
Journal information "Anaerobe" - Vol. 49, p. 95-98 (2018)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Academic Press ((United Kingdom) London)
issn 1075-9964
e-issn 1095-8274
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - (SLuc) Service de microbiologie
UCL - (SLuc) Service de médecine interne et maladies infectieuses (MIMI)
UCL - SSS/IREC/MBLG - Pôle de Microbiologie médicale
UCL - SSS/IREC/SLUC - Pôle St.-Luc
Keywords Campylobacter rectus ; MALDI-TOF MS ; Periodontal disease ; Thoracic empyema
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Bibliographic reference Noël, Audrey ; Verroken, Alexia ; Belkhir, Leïla ; Rodriguez-Villalobos, Hector. Fatal thoracic empyema involving Campylobacter rectus : A case report. In: Anaerobe, Vol. 49, p. 95-98 (2018)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/193366