Empyema caused by Mycoplasma salivarium.

ABSTRACT: Mycoplasma salivarium infections outside the oral cavity are rare. We describe a 49-year-old man with laryngeal cancer and right pleural space infection with M. salivarium. To our knowledge, this is the first report of empyema due to Mycoplasma salivarium.

SUBMITTER: Baracaldo R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3347133 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature