Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium Empyema in an Asplenic Patient

Enterococcal empyema is a rare complication of pneumonia. We report the case of a 67-year-old asplenic man with pneumonia complicated by respiratory failure and empyema requiring decortication and prolonged chest tube drainage. Cultures of the empyema were initially negative, but later grew vancomyc...

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Autores principales: Cotton, Matthew J, Packer, Clifford D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6207496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30410833
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3227

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6207496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30410833
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3227

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