Aggregatibacter aphrophilus in a patient with recurrent empyema: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Aggregatibacter aphrophilus (formerly Haemophilus aphrophilus and H. paraphrophilus) is classically associated with infective endocarditis. Other infections reported in the literature include brain abscess, bone and joint infections and endophthalmitis. There are only two cases of empyema ever reported due to this organism. We report the isolation of A. aphrophilus from pleural fluid on three separate hospital admissions in a patient with recurrent empyema.

Case presentation

A 65-year-old female patient of Caucasian origin presented with a three-week history of fever, shortness of breath and dry cough. She was found to have a pleural empyema so a chest drain was inserted and a sample of pus was sent to the microbiology laboratory. After overnight incubation, a c

SUBMITTER: Ratnayake L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3177941 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature