An unusual case of thoracic empyema caused by Granulicatella elegans (nutritionally variant streptococci) in a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus infection

INTRODUCTION: Nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS) are an infrequent cause of human infection with Granulicatella elegans being the least encountered species in clinical specimens. The most common infection caused by NVS is infective endocarditis. CASE PRESENTATION: We report an unusual case of...

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Autores principales: Mvelase, Nomonde R., Marajh, Kanitha, Hattingh, Olga, Mlisana, Koleka P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5343141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28348783
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmmcr.0.005058

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