Streptococcus anginosus Empyema Induced by Dental Abscess: A Case Report
| Autor: | Ishan Patel, Edward Liu, Steven Douedi, Jennifer Douedi, Vandan D Upadhyaya, Mohammad A. Hossain, Shraddhadevi Makadia, Arda Akoluk |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Gastrointestinal tract medicine.drug_class business.industry Antibiotics Cephalosporin Case Report VATS Loculated empyema medicine.disease Empyema Surgery stomatognathic diseases Diabetes mellitus Streptococcus anginosus Dental caries medicine Sputum medicine.symptom Abscess business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Cases |
| ISSN: | 1923-4163 1923-4155 |
| DOI: | 10.14740/jmc3547 |
| Popis: | Streptococcus anginosus is a gram-positive catalase-negative cocci and commensal flora of the oropharynx and gastrointestinal tract. Streptococcus anginosus is known to be highly virulent and known to cause invasive pyogenic infection which may necessitate emergent surgical treatment. We present a case of a 53-year-old female with dental caries and uncontrolled diabetes mellitus who presented with progressive shortness of breath for 1 week. A computed tomography scan of the chest showed a loculated empyema which was treated with emergent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Pleural fluid culture as well as sputum cultures grew Streptococcus anginosus . The patient was treated intravenous cephalosporins and discharged on oral antibiotics after 14 days with outpatient dental follow-up and improvement of symptoms. J Med Cases. 2020;11(9):289-291 doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc3547 |
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