Chrastek D, Hickman S, Sitaranjan D, Vokshi I, Kakisi O, Kadlec J, Bartosik W, Van Tornout F, Kouritas V
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Norwich and Norfolk University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK.
Case Rep Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 12;2020:4630809. doi: 10.1155/2020/4630809. eCollection 2020.
is an oropharyngeal commensal Gram-positive coccus, frequently associated with the respiratory tract. is part of the or group, which has traditionally been considered to have propensity to cause empyema and purulent abscesses, a property that is sometimes overlooked as the severity of infections it causes may have a varying degree. In this case, we present the case of a 54-year-old male with known liver cirrhosis who developed a severe empyema during an acute liver failure episode, requiring extensive decortication and prolonged hospital admission.
是一种口咽共生革兰氏阳性球菌,常与呼吸道相关。属于或组,传统上被认为有导致脓胸和脓性脓肿的倾向,由于其引起的感染严重程度可能不同,这一特性有时会被忽视。在此,我们报告一例54岁已知肝硬化男性病例,该患者在急性肝衰竭发作期间发生了严重脓胸,需要进行广泛的胸膜剥脱术并延长住院时间。