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Case Reports
. 2017 Mar;23(3):185-188.
doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2016.08.013. Epub 2016 Sep 25.

Thoracic empyema caused by Campylobacter rectus

Tomoyuki Ogata  1 , Teruo Urata  2 , Daisuke Nemoto  3 , Shigemi Hitomi  4
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Thoracic empyema caused by Campylobacter rectus

Tomoyuki Ogata et al. J Infect Chemother. 2017 Mar.

Abstract

We report a case of thoracic empyema caused by Campylobacter rectus, an organism considered as a periodontal pathogen but rarely recovered from extraoral specimens. The patient fully recovered through drainage of purulent pleural fluid and administration of antibiotics. The present case illustrates that C. rectus can be a cause of not only periodontal disease but also pulmonary infection.

Keywords: Campylobacter rectus; Garenoxacin; Sulbactam-ampicillin; Thoracic empyema.

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