Enterococcus cecorum empyema thoracis successfully treated with cefotaxime.

ABSTRACT: 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 microg/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).

SUBMITTER: Woo PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC344503 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature