AI Article Synopsis
- The text discusses a medical case involving an 80-year-old woman with diabetes who developed a pleural effusion after undergoing surgery for a femoral neck fracture and a toe ulcer.
- The pleural fluid was cultured and revealed infection, prompting treatment with antibiotics cefazolin and clindamycin.
- It highlights that while certain bacteria can cause skin and throat lesions, severe systemic infections are rare, citing that only four instances of pyothorax caused by the specific bacteria have been documented, with none involving bacterial co-infections.
Article Abstract
causes pharyngeal and skin lesions but rarely causes severe systemic infections. An 80-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus was admitted for surgery of a left femoral neck fracture and right first toe ulcer. On day 19, chest radiography revealed a massive left pleural effusion.Pleural fluid culture grew and . The fluid was drained via a chest tube, and the patient was treated with cefazolin and clindamycin. Only four cases of pyothorax caused by have been reported, and no previous cases of pyothorax with bacterial co-infections have been reported.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10518121 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44096 | DOI Listing |
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