[Rothia mucilaginosa pneumonia in an immunocompromised patient after kidney transplant]

Rev Chilena Infectol. 2022 Apr;39(2):210-213. doi: 10.4067/S0716-10182022000200210.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Rothia mucilaginosa is a bacterium derived from the upper respiratory tract microbiota, which is rarely associated with infections in immunocompromised patients suffering chronic lung diseases, mainly pneumonia and bacteremia. Its treatment is generally based on the use of β-lactams. The case study of a kidney transplant patient using immunosuppressive drugs, who developed a disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans infection, is described. After starting antifungal therapy, he presented with fever, appearance of new radiological infiltrates and acute respiratory failure, demonstrating a positive culture for R. mucilaginosa in a study with bronchoalveolar lavage, ruling out other etiologies. He evolved favorably after the use of meropenem, with good clinical response and resolution of radiological infiltrates.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Kidney Transplantation* / adverse effects
  • Male
  • Micrococcaceae*
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial* / diagnosis

Supplementary concepts

  • Rothia mucilaginosa