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Case Report
Pseudopropionibacterium propionicum as a Cause of Empyema; A Diagnosis with Next-Generation Sequencing
by Sumbal Babar, Emily Liu, Savreet Kaur, Juzar Hussain, Patrick J. Danaher and Gregory M. Anstead
Pathogens 2024, 13(2), 165; https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13020165 - 12 Feb 2024
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Pseudopropionibacterium propionicum (P.p.) is an anaerobic, Gram-positive, branching beaded rod that is a component of the human microbiome. An infection of the thoracic cavity with P.p. can mimic tuberculosis (TB), nocardiosis, and malignancy. We present a case of a 77-year-old male [...] Read more.
Pseudopropionibacterium propionicum (P.p.) is an anaerobic, Gram-positive, branching beaded rod that is a component of the human microbiome. An infection of the thoracic cavity with P.p. can mimic tuberculosis (TB), nocardiosis, and malignancy. We present a case of a 77-year-old male who presented with dyspnea and a productive cough who was initially misdiagnosed with TB based on positive acid-fast staining of a pleural biopsy specimen and an elevated adenosine deaminase level of the pleural fluid. He was then diagnosed with nocardiosis based on the Gram stain of his pleural fluid that showed a Gram-positive beaded and branching rod. The pleural fluid specimen was culture-negative, but the diagnosis of thoracic P.p. infection was determined with next-generation sequencing (NGS). The patient was initially treated with imipenem and minocycline, then ceftriaxone and minocycline, and later changed to minocycline only. This report shows the utility of NGS in making a microbiological diagnosis when other techniques either failed to provide a result (culture) or gave misleading information (histopathologic exam, pleural fluid adenosine deaminase determination, and organism morphology on Gram stain). Full article
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