TY - JOUR
T1 - Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans pneumonia with chest and abdominal wall involvement
AU - Storms, Iris
AU - Van Den Brand, Marre
AU - Schneeberger, Peter
AU - Van't Hullenaar, Nico
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - A 54-year-old man presented with a productive cough, chest pain, fever and weight loss. Initial analysis revealed a palpable chest wall mass and consolidation in the left lower lobe and pleural abnormalities on imaging. At that point no infectious cause or malignancy was identified. Microbiological analysis of a needle biopsy from a newly developed abdominal wall mass revealed growth of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. The patient was successfully treated with antibiotic therapy for 1 year. Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is a Gram-negative coccobacillus and is part of the normal oral flora. It is capable of causing infections in humans including periodontitis, soft tissue abscesses and systemic invasive infections, most commonly endocarditis.
AB - A 54-year-old man presented with a productive cough, chest pain, fever and weight loss. Initial analysis revealed a palpable chest wall mass and consolidation in the left lower lobe and pleural abnormalities on imaging. At that point no infectious cause or malignancy was identified. Microbiological analysis of a needle biopsy from a newly developed abdominal wall mass revealed growth of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. The patient was successfully treated with antibiotic therapy for 1 year. Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is a Gram-negative coccobacillus and is part of the normal oral flora. It is capable of causing infections in humans including periodontitis, soft tissue abscesses and systemic invasive infections, most commonly endocarditis.
KW - Pneumonia (infectious disease)
KW - Pneumonia (respiratory medicine)
KW - Respiratory medicine
KW - TB and other respiratory infections
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85018269265&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-217377
DO - https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-217377
M3 - Article
C2 - 28432161
SN - 1757-790X
VL - 2017
JO - BMJ Case Reports
JF - BMJ Case Reports
M1 - 217377
ER -