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IDENTIFICACIÓN
doi:10.1186/s12981-023-00587-z...
Autor
Yang, Hong-Hong Li, Mei Yu, Qing Liu, Qian Liu, MinLangue
enEditor
BioMed Central
Categoría
Medicine & Public Health
Año
2024
fecha de cotización
10/1/2024
Palabras clave
streptococcus constellatus hiv empyema culture treatment constellatus treatment caused hiv pleural empyemaResumen
Background Empyema caused by Streptococcus constellatus (S. constellatus) is rare in patients with HIV.
To analyze the clinical data of a patient living with HIV (PLHIV), who got empyema caused by S. constellatus, investigating the diagnosis and treatment of this disease through literature review to improve the clinical understanding of this disease.
Case presentation We have reported here a 58-year-old male PLHIV with cough, wheezing, and fever for 20 days.
He has a history type 2 diabetes, alcohol abuse, and a teeth extracted.
Chest computed tomography revealed multiple encapsulated pleural effusions, pneumatosis, and partial compressive atelectasis in the right lung.
Submission of pleural efusions timely, and then cultures revealed S. constellatus.
After comprehensive treatment, including antibiotics, closed pleural drainage, and intrapleural injection of urokinase, the pleural efusion was absorbed, and chest computed tomography also confirmed the improvement.
Conclusions S. constellatus should not be neglected as a pus pathogen in patients with HIV.
comprehensive treatment is important for empyema of S. constellatus.
Yang, Hong-Hong,Li, Mei,Yu, Qing,Liu, Qian,Liu, Min, 2024, Empyema caused by Streptococcus constellatus in a patient infected with HIV: a case report and literature review, BioMed Central
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