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

Transmission of Lactobacillus pneumonia by a transplanted lung

S D Jones  1 , D A Fullerton, M R Zamora, D B Badesch, D N Campbell, F L Grover
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Case Reports

Transmission of Lactobacillus pneumonia by a transplanted lung

S D Jones et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 1994 Sep.

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.

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