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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2006, p. 2666-2668, Vol. 44, No. 7
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00274-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

First Case Report of Neisseria lactamica Causing Cavitary Lung Disease in an Adult Organ Transplant Recipient

Alexandre Prehn Zavascki,1* Leandro Fritscher,2 Silvana Superti,3 Cícero Dias,4 Leonardo Kroth,5 Moacir Alexandre Traesel,5 Ivan Carlos Ferreira Antonello,5 and David Saitovitch5

Infectious Diseases Service,1 Pneumology Service,2 Laboratory of Microbiology, Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul,3 Microbiology Service, Hospital Mãe de Deus,4 Nephrology Unit, Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil5

Received 7 February 2006/ Returned for modification 26 April 2006/ Accepted 1 May 2006

We describe a case of an adult organ recipient patient with a pulmonary cavitary lesion due to Neisseria lactamica, a harmless commensal organism that rarely causes human infection. To our knowledge, this is the first report of pulmonary disease caused by this organism and the second case of N. lactamica infection in an adult patient.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Serviço de Infectologia, Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, 6690 Ipiranga Avenue, 90610-000 Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil. Phone: 55 51 33621850. Fax: 55 51 33621850. E-mail: apzavascki{at}terra.com.br.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2006, p. 2666-2668, Vol. 44, No. 7
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00274-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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