European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (Apr 2020)

Fusobacterium Nucleatum Empyema: An Atypical Presentation

  • Lucía Barrera López,
  • Cristina Macía-Rodríguez,
  • Lucía Ferreiro-Fernández,
  • José Antonio Díaz-Peromingo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12890/2020_001631

Abstract

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A 40-year-old man presented to the emergency room and was evaluated in the internal medicine department for unexplained weight loss, asthenia, anorexia and night sweats over the previous 2 months. After a loculated pleural effusion was identified on thoracic computed tomography, purulent fluid was drained from the lung and Fusobacterium nucleatum was isolated. The patient was successfully treated for 27 days with amoxicillin-clavulanic acid. This was an atypical presentation of a common micro-organism implicated in lung infections.

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