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Empyema Necessitans: A Rare Complication of Chest Drains.
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September 2024
Thoracic Surgery, Hull University Teaching Hospital, Hull, GBR.
Empyema is defined as an accumulation of frank pus within the pleural cavity. Empyema necessitans is a rare complication of the pleural space infection when the existing empyema extends into adjacent structures beyond the pleural space, usually into the soft tissue of the chest wall. If severe, it can externalize to the skin.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEmpyema Necessitatis Caused by and Resolved with Vacuum-Assisted Closure System: A Case Report.
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September 2024
Research Unit, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Ixtapaluca, IMSS-BIENESTAR. Calle Gustavo E. Campa 54, Col. Guadalupe Inn, Alcaldía Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City 01020, Mexico.
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- Empyema necessitatis can occur from untreated or poorly managed empyema, and the case presented involved an 11-year-old girl with pre-existing risks like overcrowding and incomplete vaccinations.
- She exhibited symptoms of a dry cough and was diagnosed with complicated pneumonia, which led to the use of an endopleural tube and initial antibiotic treatments.
- Despite treatment, her condition worsened, requiring additional interventions; finally, tailored antibiotics and VAC therapy resulted in significant improvement after 26 days.
Empyema Necessitatis: A Rare Complication of Empyema.
Cureus
November 2023
Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, USA.
Empyema necessitatis (EN) is an exceedingly rare complication of empyema. EN refers to the expansion and progression of an empyema beyond the thoracic cavity toward the skin wall. Herein, we present the case of a man with EN and detail his clinical course.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Empyema necessitatis caused by Campylobacterrectus. Rapid identification by MALDI-TOF MS].
Rev Argent Microbiol
December 2022
División Interconsultas, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Empyema necessitatis (EN) is a very rare complication of a pleural empyema, in which the infection extends to adjacent soft tissues. Anaerobic bacteria are very rare etiologic agents of EN, which occurs in the course of chronic infections. We present the first case of empyema necessitatis caused by Campylobacter rectus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA case of empyema necessitans in an adolescent with mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Ann Med Surg (Lond)
April 2022
Department of pediatric surgery, Mogadishu Somalia Turkey Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN Training and Research Hospital, Somalia.
Introduction And Importance: An empyema is a buildup of pus in the pleural space and is most commonly associated with pneumonia. Streptococcus pneumonia is the most common cause of pneumonia, although staphylococcus aureus is common in developing countries. empyema necsitans is An extravasation of purulent material outside the pleural space involving the chest wall.
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