A Case of Pneumonia Caused by Ewingella americana in a Patient with Chronic Renal Failure.
10.3346/jkms.2005.20.1.143
- Author:
Nam Hee RYOO
1
;
Jung Sook HA
;
Dong Seok JEON
;
Jae Ryong KIM
;
Hyun Chul KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea. nhryoo@dsmc.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Ewingella americana;
Kidney Failure, Chronic;
Sputum;
Pneumonia;
Cefatriaxone;
Isepamicin
- MeSH:
Adult;
Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology;
Ceftriaxone/pharmacology;
Enterobacteriaceae/*metabolism;
Enterobacteriaceae Infections/*complications;
Gentamicins/pharmacology;
Humans;
Kidney Failure, Chronic/*complications/*microbiology;
Kidney Transplantation;
Male;
Pneumonia/complications/*microbiology;
Sputum/metabolism;
Time Factors
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2005;20(1):143-145
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Though the pathogenic significance and the reservoir of Ewingella americana have not been clarified, this organism has caused several pathogenic infections, especially in immunocompromised patients. We report a pneumonia in a patient with chronic renal failure, who had chronic rejection of transplanted kidney. E. americana was identified to be the pathogen of pneumonia with clinical symptoms and signs and radiological examination. As soon as he was treated with ceftriaxone and isepamicin, clinical improvement was followed with no further growth of E. americana or other pathogenic isolates from sputum culture. This suggests to be the case of pneumonia caused by E. americana for the first time in the Korean literature.
