lung abscess/fatigue

A 56-year-old man with pure red cell aplasia (PRCA), hypogammaglobulinemia and mediastinal tumor was admitted to our hospital with of dyspnea, high fever and general fatigue. Chest X-ray showed a large cavity with a niveau in the left lung. Biopsy of the mediastinal tumor revealed an epithelial

The incidence of Rhodococcus equi infection in solid-organ transplant recipients continues to rise throughout the world. Unfortunately, this opportunistic pathogen is still underestimated and potentially disregarded by physicians and microbiology laboratories due to its morphology on Gram staining.

Fifty-two patients with moderate or severe infections associated with internal medicine were treated with imipenem/cilastatin sodium (IPM/CS) and the efficacy and the safety of this drug were evaluated. There were 20 patients with pneumonia, 10 with acute exacerbation of chronic respiratory tract

We report an experience of successful treatment for a case of intractable chronic empyema complicated by bronchopleural fistula (BPF). A 75-year-old woman who had severe diabetes mellitus complained of general fatigue and anorexia. A lung abscess in the right upper lobe was diagnosed and treated

We encountered two cases of legionella pneumonia which ran a dramatic course and isolated Legionella dumoffii from one patient and Legionella pneumophila serogroup 5 from the other patient. The patient from whom L. dumoffii was isolated was a 59-year-old male with no basic disease. He presented