AUTHOR=Chaini Eleftheria , Chainis Nikolaos D. , Ioannidis Anastasios , Magana Maria , Nikolaou Chryssoula , Papaparaskevas Joseph , Liakata Melina-Vassiliki , Katopodis Panagiotis , Papastavrou Leonidas , Tegos George P. , Chatzipanagiotou Stylianos TITLE=Pneumonia and Pleural Empyema due to a Mixed Lactobacillus spp. Infection as a Possible Early Esophageal Carcinoma Signature JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medicine VOLUME=3 YEAR=2016 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2016.00042 DOI=10.3389/fmed.2016.00042 ISSN=2296-858X ABSTRACT=
Lactobacilli are human commensals found in the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tract. Although generally conceived as non-pathogenic microorganisms, the existence of several reports implicating them in certain severe pathological entities renders this species as opportunistic pathogens. The case of a 58-year-old woman with mixed