Lung abscess caused by serotype 6B.

Journal: Respiratory medicine case reports
Published Date: Dec 20, 2017

Abstract

Lung abscess has been considered to be a rare complication of pneumococcal infection, and most cases are reported to be serotype 3. A 67-year-old man presented with fever and was diagnosed to have lung abscess caused by serotype 6B. The minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of penicillin for the isolate was 1 μg/mL. He was treated with high-dose intravenous sulbactam/ampicillin as definitive therapy based on susceptibility testing for and recovered successfully without surgical intervention. serotype 6B can cause lung abscess.

Authors

  • Yuhei Ito
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ise Red Cross Hospital, Ise, Japan.
  • Hirokazu Toyoshima
    Infectious Diseases Department of Internal Medicine, Ise Red Cross Hospital, Ise, Japan.
  • Takehiro Suzuki
    Medical Intern, Ise Red Cross Hospital, Ise, Japan.
  • Keisuke Iwamoto
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ise Red Cross Hospital, Ise, Japan.
  • Hajime Sasano
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ise Red Cross Hospital, Ise, Japan.
  • Hidetoshi Itani
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ise Red Cross Hospital, Ise, Japan.
  • Shigeto Kondo
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ise Red Cross Hospital, Ise, Japan.
  • Motoaki Tanigawa
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ise Red Cross Hospital, Ise, Japan.

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