Complicated Management of Left-Sided Loculated Empyema Secondary to Streptococcus intermedius and Prevotella in a 53-Year-Old Male

We present the case of a 53-year-old male with complicated left-sided parapneumonic effusion due to Streptococcus intermedius and Prevotella buccae. Management required video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and partial decortication of the left lung. Complications during the hospital stay were extens...

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Autores principales: Palmer, Genevieve M, Abdel Aziz, Khaled K, Amir, Amna, Waseem, Saba
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10659819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38022023
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47443
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author Palmer, Genevieve M
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description We present the case of a 53-year-old male with complicated left-sided parapneumonic effusion due to Streptococcus intermedius and Prevotella buccae. Management required video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and partial decortication of the left lung. Complications during the hospital stay were extensive, including sepsis, acute hypoxic respiratory failure, alcohol withdrawal, and transient ischemic attack.
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spelling pubmed-106598192023-10-21 Complicated Management of Left-Sided Loculated Empyema Secondary to Streptococcus intermedius and Prevotella in a 53-Year-Old Male Palmer, Genevieve M Abdel Aziz, Khaled K Amir, Amna Waseem, Saba Cureus Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery We present the case of a 53-year-old male with complicated left-sided parapneumonic effusion due to Streptococcus intermedius and Prevotella buccae. Management required video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and partial decortication of the left lung. Complications during the hospital stay were extensive, including sepsis, acute hypoxic respiratory failure, alcohol withdrawal, and transient ischemic attack. Cureus 2023-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10659819/ /pubmed/38022023 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47443 Text en Copyright © 2023, Palmer et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Palmer, Genevieve M
Abdel Aziz, Khaled K
Amir, Amna
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Complicated Management of Left-Sided Loculated Empyema Secondary to Streptococcus intermedius and Prevotella in a 53-Year-Old Male
title Complicated Management of Left-Sided Loculated Empyema Secondary to Streptococcus intermedius and Prevotella in a 53-Year-Old Male
title_full Complicated Management of Left-Sided Loculated Empyema Secondary to Streptococcus intermedius and Prevotella in a 53-Year-Old Male
title_fullStr Complicated Management of Left-Sided Loculated Empyema Secondary to Streptococcus intermedius and Prevotella in a 53-Year-Old Male
title_full_unstemmed Complicated Management of Left-Sided Loculated Empyema Secondary to Streptococcus intermedius and Prevotella in a 53-Year-Old Male
title_short Complicated Management of Left-Sided Loculated Empyema Secondary to Streptococcus intermedius and Prevotella in a 53-Year-Old Male
title_sort complicated management of left-sided loculated empyema secondary to streptococcus intermedius and prevotella in a 53-year-old male
topic Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10659819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38022023
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47443
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