CASE SERIES | Open Access
Volume 2022 - 1 | Article ID 210 | http://dx.doi.org/10.51521/WJCRCI.2022.1104
Academic Editor: John Bose
AMIR KHAN1, TRISTAN KNIGHT2,3, SAMANTHA KNIGHT1 AND ANDREW J. MURPHY4,5,*
1Southern
Illinois University School of Medicine, Division of Surgery, Department of
General Surgery, Springfield, IL 62702, USA
2Division of
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s
Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
3Department of
Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
4Department of
Surgery, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
5Division of
Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health
Science Center, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
Corresponding Author: Andrew J. Murphy*, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery,
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38105, USA, Email:
andrew.murphy@stjude.org
Citation: Knight S, Knight T, Khan A, Murphy AJ (2022) Anaerobic Infections of the Lung
and Improved Techniques for Recovery of Anaerobes and their Bacteriologic
Identification Led to Increased Recognition of Infection. World J Case Rep Clin Img.
2022 Feb-Apr; 1(1):1-8.
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Abstract
Anaerobic pleuropulmonary infections
usually arise from the aspiration of oral bacteria. The degree of
virulence depends on host factors, especially the state of tissue oxygenation
and the inoculum size. Fetid sputum, if present, frequently is diagnostic. The
use of penicillin G is the preferred therapy for all forms of anaerobic
pleuropulmonary infection. Anaerobic infections of the lung and
pleural space are currently receiving widespread attention among practicing
physicians. Improved techniques for recovery of anaerobes and their
bacteriologic identification have led to increased recognition of this form of
infection. Anaerobic pulmonary infections differ from aerobic
bacterial pneumonia in that symptoms tend to be indolent, and response to
therapy is often protracted. Obligate anaerobes are the chief
constituents of normal oropharyngeal flora and produce pleuropulmonary
infection in patients who are prone to aspirate.
Keywords: Anaerobic
pleuropulmonary, Esophagus, Pneumonia, Microbiology
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