Splenic abscess and empyema due to Lactobacillus species in an immunocompetent host

Clin Infect Dis. 1998 Feb;26(2):498-9. doi: 10.1086/517092.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnostic imaging
  • Abscess / microbiology*
  • Abscess / physiopathology
  • Aged
  • Empyema, Pleural / diagnostic imaging
  • Empyema, Pleural / microbiology*
  • Empyema, Pleural / physiopathology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Lactobacillus / isolation & purification*
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Spleen / microbiology
  • Spleen / pathology
  • Splenic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Splenic Diseases / microbiology*
  • Splenic Diseases / physiopathology
  • Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed