Hakamifard Atousa, Gharedaghi Babak, Tabarsi Payam, Shokouhi Shervin, Negahban Halimeh, Sharifynia Somayeh, Dorudinia Atosa
Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
Lung Transplantation Research Center National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
Respirol Case Rep. 2022 Mar 10;10(4):e0930. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.930. eCollection 2022 Apr.
Post-pneumonectomy empyema (PPE), with or without bronchopleural fistula, is a challenging and serious entity with significant mortality and morbidity. PPE is usually caused by bacteria such as staphylococci, streptococci and also gram-negative rods. Among fungal pathogens, species is a very rare cause of this entity. Herein, we describe an unusual case of delayed post-pneumonectomy empyema necessitans caused by in a 65-year-old man with favourable clinical outcome by combined surgical and antifungal therapy.
肺切除术后脓胸(PPE),无论有无支气管胸膜瘘,都是一个具有挑战性的严重病症,具有显著的死亡率和发病率。PPE通常由葡萄球菌、链球菌等细菌以及革兰氏阴性杆菌引起。在真菌病原体中,某菌种是导致该病症的非常罕见的原因。在此,我们描述了一例65岁男性因某菌种引起的罕见的延迟性肺切除术后坏死性脓胸病例,通过手术和抗真菌联合治疗取得了良好的临床效果。