RESUMO
We report a case of thoracic empyema caused by Campylobacter rectus, an organism considered as a periodontal pathogen but rarely recovered from extraoral specimens. The patient fully recovered through drainage of purulent pleural fluid and administration of antibiotics. The present case illustrates that C. rectus can be a cause of not only periodontal disease but also pulmonary infection.
Assuntos
Campylobacter rectus/isolamento & purificação , Empiema Pleural/microbiologia , Idoso , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Campylobacter rectus/efeitos dos fármacos , Drenagem/métodos , Empiema Pleural/tratamento farmacológico , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMO
Desulfovibrio species are anaerobic gram-negative, pleomorphic bacilli rarely causing infection in humans. In the present report, we describe a case of bacteremia caused by Desulfovibrio fairfieldensis. The patient, for whom biapenem was administered, rapidly improved without any sequelae. As far as we know, this is the first case report of infection by Desulfovibrio species in Japan.