Pneumonia and pleural empyema due to a mixed Lactobacillus spp. infection as a possible early esophageal carcinoma signature

Lactobacilli are human commensals found in the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tract. Although generally conceived as non-pathogenic microorganisms, the existence of several reports implicating them in certain severe pathological entities renders this species as opportunistic pathogens. The case...

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Main Authors: Eleftheria Chaini, Nikolaos Chainis, Anastasios Ioannidis, Maria Magana, Chryssoula Nikolaou, Joseph Papaparaskevas, Melina-Vassiliki Liakata, Panagiotis Katopodis, Leonidas Papastavrou, George Tegos, Stylianos Chatzipanagiotou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmed.2016.00042/full