Enterococcal-associated lower respiratory tract infections: a case report and literature review

M Grupper; A Kravtsov; I Potasman

doi:10.1007/s15010-007-7123-7

Enterococcal-associated lower respiratory tract infections: a case report and literature review

Infection. 2009 Feb;37(1):60-4. doi: 10.1007/s15010-007-7123-7. Epub 2007 Oct 31.

Authors

M Grupper¹, A Kravtsov, I Potasman

Affiliation

¹ Infectious Diseases and Urology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel. moti.grupper@b-zion.org.il

PMID: 17973076
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-7123-7

Abstract

We report a rare case of bacteremic enterococcal pneumonia in an 81-year-old man, with an indolent disease course. We reviewed the literature concerning lower respiratory tract infections associated with enterococci for the burden, the pathogenesis and the clinical characteristics of these unusual infections.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Enterococcus / isolation & purification*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / complications
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Male
Pneumonia, Bacterial / complications
Pneumonia, Bacterial / drug therapy
Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents