“Burgundy wine” pleural effusion: An unusual manifestation of acute bacterial empyema

Although empyema diagnosis by thoracentesis is relatively straightforward, the pleural effusion can sometimes be bloody rather than purulent. We report a case of acute empyema with a dark‐red bloody effusion, wherein multiple anaerobic bacteria were detected. Chest imaging findings improved with ple...

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Autores principales: Kuwahara, Daichi, Okazaki, Akihito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8864636/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35228884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5486
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description Although empyema diagnosis by thoracentesis is relatively straightforward, the pleural effusion can sometimes be bloody rather than purulent. We report a case of acute empyema with a dark‐red bloody effusion, wherein multiple anaerobic bacteria were detected. Chest imaging findings improved with pleural drainage, intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy, and intravenous antibiotic treatment.
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spelling pubmed-88646362022-02-27 “Burgundy wine” pleural effusion: An unusual manifestation of acute bacterial empyema Kuwahara, Daichi Okazaki, Akihito Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Although empyema diagnosis by thoracentesis is relatively straightforward, the pleural effusion can sometimes be bloody rather than purulent. We report a case of acute empyema with a dark‐red bloody effusion, wherein multiple anaerobic bacteria were detected. Chest imaging findings improved with pleural drainage, intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy, and intravenous antibiotic treatment. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8864636/ /pubmed/35228884 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5486 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8864636/
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