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Closed Catheter Drainage for Klebsiella pneumoniae Empyema Necessitans [PDF]

Case Reports in Surgery, 2023
Empyema necessitans is a rare complication of pneumonia, which can be seen more frequently with tuberculosis (TB). In this case report, we include a 47-year-old female with empyema necessitans; closed drainage has been sought as a sole treatment based on
Mohammed Ishaq, Abdullah Bahadi
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Empyema Necessitans due to Interruption of Antituberculosis Treatment [PDF]

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2019
Empyema necessitans is a rare presentation of tuberculous infection, commonly encountered in immunocompromised patients. The diagnosis can be challenging due to the paucibacillary nature of the condition and nonspecific symptoms. Identifying the organism
H. N. Benaragama, J. Pushpakumara, Kamani P. Wanigasuriya   +2 more
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Empyema necessitans [PDF]

Respirology Case Reports
Key message Empyema necessitans should be suspected in any patient presenting with constitutional symptoms, pleural effusion, and a subcutaneous chest wall mass.
Anu Menon, David Wisa, Chenyang Zhan, Mohit Chawla, Or Kalchiem‐Dekel   +4 more
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Empyema necessitans due to Nocardia farcinica [PDF]

IDCases, 2022
An 84-year-old female with severe liver cirrhosis due to hepatitis C presented with a progressive bulging of the anterior chest wall for two weeks. On examination, 7 cm × 7 cm × 5 cm large subcutaneous mass was on the anterior chest wall and contrast ...
Kazuhiro Ishikawa, Nobuyoshi Mori
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Empyema Necessitans: A Case Report [PDF]

IDCases
Introduction: TB is a well-recognized cause of pulmonary infection. Empyema Necessitans is a rare complication of untreated empyema, mainly caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis. It mainly affects immunocompromised individuals.
El Mawla Zeinab, Zoghaib Dima, Al Saylami Haji   +2 more
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The Application of Vacuum-Assisted Closure Device in the Management of Empyema Necessitans [PDF]

Case Reports in Surgery, 2016
Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) is gaining popularity in the management of many types of acute and chronic wounds. The use of VAC devices in thoracic surgery is limited, but it appears to be promising in complex cases of empyema thoraces.
Yasser Aljehani, Zahra Al-Matar, Samah Nawar   +2 more
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Empyema necessitans with osteomyelitis of fifth rib due to Nocardia farcinica: a case report [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Empyema necessitans is a rare pulmonary condition described as the presence of pus in the pleural cavity with insidious extension into the surrounding soft tissue.
Swapnil Tripathi, Durga Shankar Meena, Amit Kumar Rohila, Neetha T.R., Vidhi Jain, Deepak Kumar, Taruna Yadav, Mahendra Kumar Garg   +7 more
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Blasto-ing through the chest wall: Empyema necessitans due to pulmonary blastomycosis [PDF]

IDCases
Empyema necessitans is a rare complication of empyema and often associated with chronic, untreated infections. Here we report a case of a 28-year-old male who presented with cough, fever, pleuritic chest pain, and left chest wall mass who was found to ...
Cameron G. Gmehlin, Nicholas P. Bergeron, Vaishnavi Ramesh, Haris Akhtar, Zelalem Temesgen   +4 more
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Subcutaneous abscess due to empyema necessitans caused by Porphyromonas gingivalis in a patient with periodontitis [PDF]

IDCases, 2022
Empyema necessitans is a rare empyema complication characterized by an extension of empyema out of the pleural space into the subcutaneous tissues of the chest wall.
Akane Tanaka, Mariko Kogami, Yoko Nagatomo, Yukihisa Takeda, Hiroya Kanzawa, Yohei Kawaguchi, Shotaro Ono, Kinya Furukawa, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Kazutetsu Aoshiba   +9 more
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B. Bronchiseptica empyema necessitans, a case report [PDF]

BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Background Empyema necessitans is an uncommon complication of an empyema, where pus in the pleural cavity extends into the chest wall. Both medical and surgical management are required.
Samantha Wray, Nikko Rowe A. Tabliago, Richard Lueking   +2 more
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