The chicken or the egg? A case of sympathetic staphylococcal empyema thoracis and splenic abscess

Multicavitary abscesses are uncommon in immunocompetent individuals. Splenic abscesses being relatively uncommon with an incidence of 0.1–0.7% in quoted series [ 1]. Commonly reported cases are secondary infective endocarditis. To have both a splenic abscess and empyema concurrently is rare. We desc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kutywayo, Kudzayi H, Thekkudan, Joyce, Chowdhry, Mohammed Fiyaz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8599044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34804473
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa541
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Sumario:Multicavitary abscesses are uncommon in immunocompetent individuals. Splenic abscesses being relatively uncommon with an incidence of 0.1–0.7% in quoted series [ 1]. Commonly reported cases are secondary infective endocarditis. To have both a splenic abscess and empyema concurrently is rare. We describe a case of a patient with a large left-sided empyema thoracis and concurrent splenic abscess.

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