Grupper M, Kravtsov A, Potasman I
Infectious Diseases and Urology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
Infection. 2009 Feb;37(1):60-4. doi: 10.1007/s15010-007-7123-7. Epub 2007 Oct 31.
We report a rare case of bacteremic enterococcal pneumonia in an 81-year-old man, with an indolent disease course. We reviewed the literature concerning lower respiratory tract infections associated with enterococci for the burden, the pathogenesis and the clinical characteristics of these unusual infections.
我们报告了一例81岁男性患菌血症性肠球菌肺炎的罕见病例,病程进展缓慢。我们回顾了有关肠球菌所致下呼吸道感染的文献,以了解这些不常见感染的负担、发病机制和临床特征。