Aguirre GA, Vargas ÁJE, Pérez GRE

Language: Spanish
References: 14
Page: 86-89
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ABSTRACT

65-year-old male patient, resident of the Mexican southeast, he was attended for chronic cough and weight loss in the last six months. It was established a diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia, later he developed parapneumonic effusion with empyema. Gemella morbillorum was the isolated microorganism, an infrequent pathogen in our environment, few cases have been reported in the medical literature around the world. The comprehensive approach of this patient resulted in his improvement and subsequent hospital discharge.

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