A 44-year-old female with diabetic ketoacidosis was admitted due to right back pain and dyspnea. A chest roentgenogram showed accumulation of fluid in the right pleural space. A drain was inserted into the right thoracic cavity and pleural fluid yielded a putrid odor. Gemella morbillorum was diagnosed based on culture of the fluid. She was treated with clinidamycin and panipenem/betamipron intravenously and insertion of a drainage tube. The in vitro activity of CLDM and PAPM/BP against G. morbillorum were less than 0.025 micrograms/ml and 0.05 micrograms/ml, respectively. She was cured and discharged after 28 days of hospitalization, the portal of entry was thought to be connected with dental caries.
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Hayashi, Y., & Ito, G. (1996). A case of bacterial empyema caused by Gemella morbillorum. Kansenshogaku Zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, 70(3), 259–263. https://doi.org/10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.70.259
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