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Lactobacillus pneumonia in a patient with oesophageal carcinoma
J M Querol1, F Manresa, J Izquierdo
1Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain.
The European Respiratory Journal
|June 1, 1989
Abstract:
We report a case of necrotizing pneumonia caused by Lactobacillus secondary to a tracheo-oesophageal fistula created by an oesophageal carcinoma. We emphasize the presence of resistance of Lactobacillus to clindamycin and cotrimoxazole, previously reported to be effective.