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Empyema Secondary to Actinomyces meyeri Treated Successfully with Ceftriaxone Followed by Doxycycline
Actinomycosis is a relatively rare infection caused by Gram-positive bacteria. We present the case of a 54-year-old, previously healthy, male patient with a history of severe penicillin allergy who developed severe pneumonia and empyema caused by Actinomyces meyeri. Presenting symptoms included prod...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5056261/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27752374 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9627414 |
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author | Paris, Etienne Piscopo, Tonio Cassar, Karen |
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description | Actinomycosis is a relatively rare infection caused by Gram-positive bacteria. We present the case of a 54-year-old, previously healthy, male patient with a history of severe penicillin allergy who developed severe pneumonia and empyema caused by Actinomyces meyeri. Presenting symptoms included productive cough, right upper quadrant pain, and chills and rigors. He required drainage of the empyema via tube and prolonged antibiotic treatment with intravenous ceftriaxone for 2 weeks followed by oral doxycycline for 6 months. |
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spelling | pubmed-50562612016-10-17 Empyema Secondary to Actinomyces meyeri Treated Successfully with Ceftriaxone Followed by Doxycycline Paris, Etienne Piscopo, Tonio Cassar, Karen Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report Actinomycosis is a relatively rare infection caused by Gram-positive bacteria. We present the case of a 54-year-old, previously healthy, male patient with a history of severe penicillin allergy who developed severe pneumonia and empyema caused by Actinomyces meyeri. Presenting symptoms included productive cough, right upper quadrant pain, and chills and rigors. He required drainage of the empyema via tube and prolonged antibiotic treatment with intravenous ceftriaxone for 2 weeks followed by oral doxycycline for 6 months. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5056261/ /pubmed/27752374 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9627414 Text en Copyright © 2016 Etienne Paris et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Paris, Etienne Piscopo, Tonio Cassar, Karen Empyema Secondary to Actinomyces meyeri Treated Successfully with Ceftriaxone Followed by Doxycycline |
title | Empyema Secondary to Actinomyces meyeri Treated Successfully with Ceftriaxone Followed by Doxycycline |
title_full | Empyema Secondary to Actinomyces meyeri Treated Successfully with Ceftriaxone Followed by Doxycycline |
title_fullStr | Empyema Secondary to Actinomyces meyeri Treated Successfully with Ceftriaxone Followed by Doxycycline |
title_full_unstemmed | Empyema Secondary to Actinomyces meyeri Treated Successfully with Ceftriaxone Followed by Doxycycline |
title_short | Empyema Secondary to Actinomyces meyeri Treated Successfully with Ceftriaxone Followed by Doxycycline |
title_sort | empyema secondary to actinomyces meyeri treated successfully with ceftriaxone followed by doxycycline |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5056261/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27752374 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9627414 |
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