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The case was 54-year-old male with some risks such as chronic heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and liver chirrhosis. He was admitted because of severe back pain and diagnosed as empyema by preoperative thoracentesis. By thoracoscopic procedures under local anesthesia, fibrinopurulent tissues were
A patient with no known immune compromise presented with necrotizing pneumonia and a pleural effusion. Thoracentesis yielded a sanguinopurulent, foul smelling exudate that showed sheets of polymorphonuclear leukocytes and many gram-positive bacilli. A tube thoracostomy was performed and treatment
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Subdural empyema (SDE) in children is a severe intracranial infection. Many pathogens can cause SDE.
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In this articlewe present a 15-month old Indonesian boy diagnosed as SDE based on the clinical symptoms and neuroimaging. A complete blood count showed white blood cell count of
Bacillus species are identified as pathogens in lung and pleural space infections with increasing frequency. We report a patient who developed life-threatening complications of Bacillus cereus pneumonia, including massive hemoptysis, acute respiratory failure, tension pneumothorax, empyema, and