A case of severe bilateral empyema due to Streptococcus pyogenes

Bilateral empyema is a rare and severe condition and deciding on a treatment is quite difficult. Additionally, infections caused by group A Streptococcus (GAS [Streptococcus pyogenes]) are known to be invasive. We successfully treated without surgery a previously healthy 59-year-old woman with bilat...

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Autores principales: Nishida, Tomoki, Ohnishi, Takahisa, Kakutani, Takuya, Yamaguchi, Nobuo, Kanemaru, Takayuki, Takenoue, Tomohiro, Fukai, Ryuta, Inoue, Kazuto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10362129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37484828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01848
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author Nishida, Tomoki
Ohnishi, Takahisa
Kakutani, Takuya
Yamaguchi, Nobuo
Kanemaru, Takayuki
Takenoue, Tomohiro
Fukai, Ryuta
Inoue, Kazuto
author_facet Nishida, Tomoki
Ohnishi, Takahisa
Kakutani, Takuya
Yamaguchi, Nobuo
Kanemaru, Takayuki
Takenoue, Tomohiro
Fukai, Ryuta
Inoue, Kazuto
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description Bilateral empyema is a rare and severe condition and deciding on a treatment is quite difficult. Additionally, infections caused by group A Streptococcus (GAS [Streptococcus pyogenes]) are known to be invasive. We successfully treated without surgery a previously healthy 59-year-old woman with bilateral empyema due to GAS, with repeated drainages, antibiotics, and fibrinolytic therapy. To our knowledge, there have not been any published reports on cases of bilateral empyema due to GAS infection. In rare, severe cases of bilateral empyema caused by organisms such as GAS, physicians managing the condition should consider the overall condition of the patient.
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spelling pubmed-103621292023-07-23 A case of severe bilateral empyema due to Streptococcus pyogenes Nishida, Tomoki Ohnishi, Takahisa Kakutani, Takuya Yamaguchi, Nobuo Kanemaru, Takayuki Takenoue, Tomohiro Fukai, Ryuta Inoue, Kazuto IDCases Case Report Bilateral empyema is a rare and severe condition and deciding on a treatment is quite difficult. Additionally, infections caused by group A Streptococcus (GAS [Streptococcus pyogenes]) are known to be invasive. We successfully treated without surgery a previously healthy 59-year-old woman with bilateral empyema due to GAS, with repeated drainages, antibiotics, and fibrinolytic therapy. To our knowledge, there have not been any published reports on cases of bilateral empyema due to GAS infection. In rare, severe cases of bilateral empyema caused by organisms such as GAS, physicians managing the condition should consider the overall condition of the patient. Elsevier 2023-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10362129/ /pubmed/37484828 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01848 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Nishida, Tomoki
Ohnishi, Takahisa
Kakutani, Takuya
Yamaguchi, Nobuo
Kanemaru, Takayuki
Takenoue, Tomohiro
Fukai, Ryuta
Inoue, Kazuto
A case of severe bilateral empyema due to Streptococcus pyogenes
title A case of severe bilateral empyema due to Streptococcus pyogenes
title_full A case of severe bilateral empyema due to Streptococcus pyogenes
title_fullStr A case of severe bilateral empyema due to Streptococcus pyogenes
title_full_unstemmed A case of severe bilateral empyema due to Streptococcus pyogenes
title_short A case of severe bilateral empyema due to Streptococcus pyogenes
title_sort case of severe bilateral empyema due to streptococcus pyogenes
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10362129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37484828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01848
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