ROTHIA-DENTOCARIOSA - 2 NEW CASES OF PNEUMONIA REVEALING LUNG-CANCER

Authors
WALLET F PEREZ T ROUSSELDELVALLEZ M WALLAERT B COURCOL R
Citation
F. Wallet et al., ROTHIA-DENTOCARIOSA - 2 NEW CASES OF PNEUMONIA REVEALING LUNG-CANCER, Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, 29(4), 1997, pp. 419-420
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00365548
Volume
29
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
419 - 420
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5548(1997)29:4<419:R-2NCO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Pneumonia due to Rothia dentocariosa is extremely rare: only 1 case of pneumonia due to this pathogen has been reported in an immunocompromi sed patient with acute myelocytic leukemia. In this report, 2 new case s of Rothia dentocariosa pneumonia are described in 2 patients with lu ng cancer, This opportunistic pulmonary agent, belonging to the ore-ph aryngeal flora, is also known to cause endocarditis in patients with u nderlying cardiac pathology.