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  • Title: Rothia dentocariosa pneumonia in an immunocompromised patient.
    Author: Schiff MJ, Kaplan MH.
    Journal: Lung; 1987; 165(5):279-82. PubMed ID: 3116352.
    Abstract:
    An 84-year-old woman with acute myelocytic leukemia presented with fever and a left upper lobe infiltrate on chest x-ray. She failed to respond to initial broad spectrum antibiotic therapy. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and a transthoracic needle aspirate subsequently both grew Rothia dentocariosa, a gram-positive branching rod. The pneumonia resolved after prolonged treatment with Clindamycin. Rothia dentocariosa must be considered a cause of opportunistic pulmonary infection.
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