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[Pulmonary infection caused by Fusobacterium nucleatum]
G Coulibaly1, F Touraine, M Clavel
1Service de Pathologie Respiratoire, Hôpital Universitaire du Cluzeau, CHRU de Limoges.
Revue Des Maladies Respiratoires
|February 28, 1998
Abstract:
Thoracic infection by anaerobes are uncommon diseases and often presents difficulty in diagnosis. We report a case of thoracic infection due to Fusobacterium Nucleatum. A 60-year old man presented a lesion infiltrating from the lung to the thoracic wall. Fusobacterium Nucleatum was isolated on pus collected. Treatment by penicillin, metronidazole combined with surgical drainage was highly effective.