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Empyema necessitans complicating a mild COVID‐19 infection in a young immunocompetent patient

COVID‐19 infection can be complicated by secondary bacterial infections including pneumonia and empyema resulting in worse outcomes. Empyema management includes empirical antibiotic therapy and drainage with a favorable prognosis in most cases. ABSTRACT: Empyema necessitans is a rare complication of...

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Autores principales: Sullivan, Sierra, Davalos, Jesus, Sheikh, Belaal, Abdelnabi, Mahmoud
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10268215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37323274
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7598
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description COVID‐19 infection can be complicated by secondary bacterial infections including pneumonia and empyema resulting in worse outcomes. Empyema management includes empirical antibiotic therapy and drainage with a favorable prognosis in most cases. ABSTRACT: Empyema necessitans is a rare complication of poorly or uncontrolled empyema thoracis resulting in the dissection of pus through the soft tissues and skin of the chest wall resulting in a fistula between the pleural cavity and the skin. Previous reports indicate that secondary bacterial pneumonia can complicate the course of a COVID‐19 infection even in immunocompetent patients resulting in worse outcomes. Management of empyema includes empirical antibiotic therapy and drainage with a favorable prognosis in most cases.
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spelling pubmed-102682152023-06-15 Empyema necessitans complicating a mild COVID‐19 infection in a young immunocompetent patient Sullivan, Sierra Davalos, Jesus Sheikh, Belaal Abdelnabi, Mahmoud Clin Case Rep Case Images COVID‐19 infection can be complicated by secondary bacterial infections including pneumonia and empyema resulting in worse outcomes. Empyema management includes empirical antibiotic therapy and drainage with a favorable prognosis in most cases. ABSTRACT: Empyema necessitans is a rare complication of poorly or uncontrolled empyema thoracis resulting in the dissection of pus through the soft tissues and skin of the chest wall resulting in a fistula between the pleural cavity and the skin. Previous reports indicate that secondary bacterial pneumonia can complicate the course of a COVID‐19 infection even in immunocompetent patients resulting in worse outcomes. Management of empyema includes empirical antibiotic therapy and drainage with a favorable prognosis in most cases. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10268215/ /pubmed/37323274 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7598 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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