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Ann Thorac Surg 1994;58:887-889
© 1994 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Transmission of lactobacillus pneumonia by a transplanted lung

Stephen D. Jones, MD, David A. Fullerton, MD*, Martin R. Zamora, MD, David B. Badesch, MD, David N. Campbell, MD, Frederick L. Grover, MD

Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado USA

Accepted for publication January 11, 1994.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Fullerton, Cardiothoracic Surgery, C-310, Univ of Colonado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East 9th Ave, Denver, CO S0262.

Herein we report Lactobacillus pneumonia in a lung transplant recipient. The organism may have been normal flora in the donor but was a pathogen in the immunosuppressed recipient. Antibiotic therapy should include penicillin or clindamycin.




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