A Rare Case of Spontaneous Empyema by Clostridium perfringens .

Autor: Basnet S; Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA 19611, USA., Mir I; Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA 19611, USA., Mohanty E; Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA 19611, USA., Dhital R; Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA 19611, USA., Tharu B; Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal., Ram Poudel D; Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA 19611, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Case reports in infectious diseases [Case Rep Infect Dis] 2018 Jan 08; Vol. 2018, pp. 2791349. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Jan 08 (Print Publication: 2018).
DOI: 10.1155/2018/2791349
Abstrakt: Empyema caused by clostridial infections is rare especially in the absence of invasive thoracic procedures. We present the case of an 81-year-old man without a history of preceding trauma who presented with shortness of breath and nonproductive cough and grew Clostridium perfringens only in the pleural cavity. He was predisposed to the infection due to his swallowing dysfunction. He was treated with penicillin and chest tube placement for drainage and subsequently improved.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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