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A case of spontaneous pulmonary abscess with cavitation caused byNeisseria mucosa in a chronically neutropenic child is reported.Neisseria mucosa was isolated as the sole pathogen from a percutaneous needle aspirate. It appears that the clinical course of the pulmonary lesion was indolent. Interestingly, a gallium scan was diagnostic for pulmonary abscess even though the child was neutropenic.
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Hussain, Z., Lannigan, R. & Austin, T.W. Pulmonary cavitation due toNeisseria mucosa in a child with chronic neutropenia. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 7, 175–176 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01963073
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