Enterococcus cecorum Empyema Thoracis Successfully Treated with Cefotaxime

Patrick C.Y. Woo; Dorothy M.W. Tam; Susanna K.P. Lau; Ami M.Y. Fung; Kwok Yung Yuen

doi:10.1128/JCM.42.2.919-922.2004

Enterococcus cecorum Empyema Thoracis Successfully Treated with Cefotaxime

Patrick C.Y. Woo, Dorothy M.W. Tam, Susanna K.P. Lau, Ami M.Y. Fung, Kwok Yung Yuen

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We report the first case of Enterococcus cecorum empyema thoracis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in a 44-year-old man with underlying cirrhosis. The patient responded to cefotaxime (MIC, 0.25 μg/ml) treatment and drainage of the empyema. Susceptibility of E. cecorum to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins could be due to its production of types of penicillin-binding proteins similar to those produced by Streptococcus species rather than to those produced by Enterococcus species (as predicted by phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	919-922
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	42
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.42.2.919-922.2004
Publication status	Published - Feb 2004
Externally published	Yes

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