A pulmonary infection by Actinomyces odontolyticus and Veillonella atypica in an immunocompetent patient with dental caries

Ernesto Crisafulli; Nicol Bernardinello; Veronica Alfieri; Francesca Pellegrino; Chiara Lazzari; Letizia Gnetti; Alfredo Chetta

doi:10.1002/rcr2.493

A pulmonary infection by Actinomyces odontolyticus and Veillonella atypica in an immunocompetent patient with dental caries

Respirol Case Rep. 2019 Sep 30;7(9):e00493. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.493. eCollection 2019 Dec.

Authors

Ernesto Crisafulli¹, Nicol Bernardinello¹, Veronica Alfieri¹, Francesca Pellegrino¹, Chiara Lazzari^{1

2}, Letizia Gnetti³, Alfredo Chetta¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Parma Parma Italy.
² Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Intensive Care Unit Sant'Anna Hospital Ferrara Italy.
³ Unit of Surgical Pathology University Hospital of Parma Parma Italy.

Abstract

Actinomycosis is a rare, chronic granulomatous infection, frequently associated with immunocompromised states, but it can also affect healthy people. Here, we report a case of a pulmonary infection by Actinomyces odontolitycus and Veillonella atypica due to a dental caries in an immunocompetent 65-year-old man patient.

Keywords: Actinomyces odontolyticus; Pulmonary infection; Veillonella atypica; bronchoscopy; dental caries.

Publication types

Case Reports