A Rare Case of Spontaneous Empyema by Clostridium perfringens
Empyema caused by clostridial infections is rare especially in the absence of invasive thoracic procedures. We present the case of an 81-year-old man without a history of preceding trauma who presented with shortness of breath and nonproductive cough and grew Clostridium perfringens only in the pleu...
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| author | Sijan Basnet Izza Mir Elan Mohanty Rashmi Dhital Biswaraj Tharu Dilli Ram Poudel |
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| description | Empyema caused by clostridial infections is rare especially in the absence of invasive thoracic procedures. We present the case of an 81-year-old man without a history of preceding trauma who presented with shortness of breath and nonproductive cough and grew Clostridium perfringens only in the pleural cavity. He was predisposed to the infection due to his swallowing dysfunction. He was treated with penicillin and chest tube placement for drainage and subsequently improved. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3d930ec3729f4e829b73b785a67f79362025-02-03T06:01:39ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332018-01-01201810.1155/2018/27913492791349A Rare Case of Spontaneous Empyema by Clostridium perfringensSijan Basnet0Izza Mir1Elan Mohanty2Rashmi Dhital3Biswaraj Tharu4Dilli Ram Poudel5Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA 19611, USADepartment of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA 19611, USADepartment of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA 19611, USADepartment of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA 19611, USAMaharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, NepalDepartment of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA 19611, USAEmpyema caused by clostridial infections is rare especially in the absence of invasive thoracic procedures. We present the case of an 81-year-old man without a history of preceding trauma who presented with shortness of breath and nonproductive cough and grew Clostridium perfringens only in the pleural cavity. He was predisposed to the infection due to his swallowing dysfunction. He was treated with penicillin and chest tube placement for drainage and subsequently improved.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2791349 |
| spellingShingle | Sijan Basnet Izza Mir Elan Mohanty Rashmi Dhital Biswaraj Tharu Dilli Ram Poudel A Rare Case of Spontaneous Empyema by Clostridium perfringens Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | A Rare Case of Spontaneous Empyema by Clostridium perfringens |
| title_full | A Rare Case of Spontaneous Empyema by Clostridium perfringens |
| title_fullStr | A Rare Case of Spontaneous Empyema by Clostridium perfringens |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Case of Spontaneous Empyema by Clostridium perfringens |
| title_short | A Rare Case of Spontaneous Empyema by Clostridium perfringens |
| title_sort | rare case of spontaneous empyema by clostridium perfringens |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2791349 |
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