Micrococcus luteus pneumonia: A case rep
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Souhami, Luis ;Feld, Ronald ;Tuffnell, Peter G. ;Feller, Tamison
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Article
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1979
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The clinical course of a 69-year-old male with acute myelogenous leukemia is described who, while extremely leukopenic (less than 100 neutrophils/microliter) from chemotherapy, developed a cavitating pneumonia due to a gram-positive coccus, Micrococcus luteus. Aggressive antibiotic management and at