A pulmonary abscess caused by Porphyromonas endodontalis infection:A case report and literature review.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
; 108(1): 116126, 2024 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
Porphyromonas endodontalis is an oral anaerobic bacterium associated with periodontitis but seldomly been detected in other diseases. Only one case of respiratory disease caused by Porphyromonas endodontalis, pyopneumothorax, has been reported so far. A 53-year-old man with refractory periodontitis was admitted due to an indeterminate lung space-occupying lesion. Following mNGS analysis of the liquefaction necrotic area and solid component of the lesion through biopsy, Porphyromonas endodontalis and Parvimonas micra were detected. Therefore, the patient was diagnosed with an aspiration lung abscess and discharged after receiving effective antibacterial treatment. The Chest computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a remarkable improvement during outpatient follow-up. In this study, we applied mNGS to diagnose a case of lung abscess attributed to an uncommon bacterium successfully, suggesting that when patients complicated with periodontal diseases and clinical respiratory symptoms, the possibility of inhalation disease caused by oral pathogens should be considered.
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Periodontitis
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Absceso Pulmonar
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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2024
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