Transmission of Lactobacillus pneumonia by a transplanted lung

S D Jones; D A Fullerton; M R Zamora; D B Badesch; D N Campbell; F L Grover

doi:10.1016/0003-4975(94)90779-x

Transmission of Lactobacillus pneumonia by a transplanted lung

Ann Thorac Surg. 1994 Sep;58(3):887-9. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(94)90779-x.

Authors

S D Jones¹, D A Fullerton, M R Zamora, D B Badesch, D N Campbell, F L Grover

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262.

PMID: 7944727
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(94)90779-x

Abstract

Herein we report Lactobacillus pneumonia in a lung transplant recipient. The organism may have been normal flora in the donor but was a pathogen in the immunosuppressed recipient. Antibiotic therapy should include penicillin or clindamycin.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / immunology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Lactobacillus / isolation & purification
Lactobacillus / pathogenicity*
Lung Diseases, Obstructive / immunology
Lung Diseases, Obstructive / surgery
Lung Transplantation / adverse effects*
Lung Transplantation / immunology
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumonia, Bacterial / drug therapy
Pneumonia, Bacterial / immunology
Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology*
Sputum / microbiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents