A case of severe empyema with acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by Slackia exigua requiring veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Anaerobe
; 48: 7-11, 2017 Dec.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28668708
ABSTRACT
Slackia exigua (S. exigua) is an obligatory anaerobic coccobacillus under the family of Coriobacteriaceae. It is a rare cause of pyogenic extraoral infections. We report a 58-year-old lady with good past health presented with fulminant community-acquired pneumonia causing acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by S. exigua requiring veno-venous extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO). Bacterial identification can be challenging and often require 16 S rRNA and MALDI-TOF MS. The patient was treated with amoxicillin-clavulanic acid according to sensitivity and made significant recovery.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia
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Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
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Actinobacteria
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Community-Acquired Infections
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Empyema
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Year:
2017
Type:
Article