Abstract Introduction Aggregatibacter aphrophilus formerly Haemophilus aphrophilus and H. Other infections reported in the literature include brain abscess, bone and joint infections and endophthalmitis.. There are only two cases of empyema ever reported due to this organism. We report the isolation of A. Case presentation A year-old female patient of Caucasian origin presented with a three-week history of fever, shortness of breath and dry cough. She was found to have a pleural empyema so a chest drain was inserted and a sample of pus was sent to the microbiology laboratory. They were oxidase- and catalase-negative. It was susceptible to amoxicillin, levofloxacin and doxycycline.. Our patient was treated with intravenous amoxicillin with clavulanic acid and clarithromycin followed by oral doxycycline, but was re-admitted twice over the next three months with recurrent empyema and the same organism was isolated.. Each episode was managed with chest drainage and a six-week course of ...

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Cardiobacterium hominis is a member of the HACEK group (Haemophilus paraphrophilus, Haemophilus parainfluenzae, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Aggregatibacter aphrophilus, C hominis, Eikenella corrodens, and Kingella kingae), which are fastidious, gram-negative, aerobic bacilli that normally reside in the respiratory tract. They have ...