Necrotising pneumonia caused by Lactococcus lactis cremoris

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 565-567

  Buchelli Ramirez, H L ^a   Alvarez Alvarez, C ^a   Rojo Alba, S ^b   Garcia Clemente M ^a   Cimadevilla Suarez R ^b   Pando Sandoval, A ^a   Casan Clara P ^a  

^a Área de Gestión Clínica del Pulmón   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cavitary pneumonia; Milk products

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROCALCITONIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BRONCHIAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIARRHEA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS CREMORIS; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MALAISE; MALE; NECROTIZING PNEUMONIA; PLEURAL PAIN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SPUTUM; SUPPURATION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LUNG; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NECROSIS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SPUTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875416477     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0620     Document Type: Article

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