Open AccessThe Importance of Obligate Anaerobes and the <b><i>Streptococcus anginosus</i></b> Group in Pulmonary Abscess: A Clone Library Analysis Using Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
Author(s) -
Hiroshi Mukae,
Shingo Noguchi,
Keisuke Naito,
Toshinori Kawanami,
Kei Yamasaki,
Kazumasa Fukuda,
Kentaro Akata,
Yuichi Fukuda,
Takashi Kido,
Hiroshi Ishimoto,
Noriho Sakamoto,
Hatsumi Taniguchi,
Kazuhiro Yatera
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000447976
Subject(s) - streptococcus anginosus , obligate anaerobe , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , bronchoalveolar lavage , lung abscess , streptococcus , biology , lung , bacteria , genetics , physiology , anaerobic exercise
Appropriate antibiotic use reduces the mortality of patients with lung abscess; however, 40-60% of the bacterial etiologies in these patients have remained unknown with the culture methods. Obligate anaerobes and the Streptococcus anginosus group are common pathogens in lung abscess, but a precise evaluation of these bacteria by ordinary culture methods seems to be difficult due to upper respiratory tract contamination.