The STREPTOCOCCUS PLURANIMALIUM

Till date, no case was reported as streptococcus pluranimalium causing empyema, though it was recovered from various strile site eg. brain, endocardium and blood. At our institute, this diabetic patient presented with right sided empyema. On pus culture, oragnism was identified as slow growing gram positive bacterium- streptococcus pluranimalium. Patient was treated with antibiotics as per drug sensitivity report for total of 6 weeks as per empyema protocol. So, this case report represents first case of streptococcus pluranimalium causing empyema.