Basco Samantha A, Steele Gregory M, Henao-Martínez Andrés F, Franco-Paredes Carlos, Chastain Daniel B
Benefis Hospitals, Great Falls, MT, 59405, USA.
Phoebe Infectious Diseases, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Albany, GA, 31701, USA.
IDCases. 2020 Mar 20;20:e00747. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00747. eCollection 2020.
Pleural effusions and empyemas caused by spp. are uncommon with few cases previously reported. Here, we present the case of a 62-year-old man with untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) complicated by a pleural empyema caused by . The route of acquisition was likely the result of aspiration of . coupled with the immune defects associated with untreated CLL.
由[具体菌种]引起的胸腔积液和脓胸并不常见,此前报道的病例很少。在此,我们报告一例62岁男性,患有未经治疗的慢性淋巴细胞白血病(CLL),并发由[具体菌种]引起的胸腔脓胸。感染途径可能是由于[具体物质]的误吸,再加上与未经治疗的CLL相关的免疫缺陷。