A propósito de un caso de neumonía por Arcanobacterium pyogenes

  1. Andrés Cabarcos Ortiz de Barrón 1
  2. Jesús Hermida Ameijeiras 1
  3. M. Treviño Castallo 1
  4. Patricia A. Romero Jung 1
  1. 1 Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago
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    Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago

    Santiago de Compostela, España

    ROR https://ror.org/00mpdg388

Journal:
Anales de medicina interna

ISSN: 0212-7199

Year of publication: 2004

Volume: 21

Issue: 7

Pages: 334-336

Type: Article

DOI: 10.4321/S0212-71992004000700006 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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Abstract

Arcanobacterium pyogenes is an anaerobic Gram-positive bacilli and it is a part of the normal flora in many domestic animals. A. pyogenes is a rare cause of pyogenic infections in humans and most of cases reported are questionable since there was failure to definitively identify the pathogen. A man with no past medical history presented with respiratory infection. The blood sample collected confirmed an Arcanobacterium pyogenes. It was necessary the addition of clarytromycin to the initial empirical treatment with cefotaxime, to the complete recovery. This case provide further evidence that A. pyogenes can be a pathogen in humans even in absence of predisposing illness

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