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A Case of an 80-Year-Old Man with Empyema and Psoas Abscess
Joint Authors
Sakurai, Mikio
Nagasawa, Hiroki
Takeuchi, Ikuto
Yanagawa, Youichi
Source
Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-10-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
An 80-year-old man with flu symptoms collapsed at his house and had a backache worsened over time.
His family called for an ambulance.
On arrival, chest X-ray showed reduced permeability of the right lung field, and truncal computed tomography (CT) suggested right multilobular empyema and right iliopsoas abscess.
A blood test showed an acute inflammatory response.
The patient underwent right small thoracotomy for empyema and ultrasonic-guided drainage for the right iliopsoas abscess and started the administration of antibiotics.
We started the administration of doripenem by intravenous drip and then deescalated to ampicillin based on the culture results.
Streptococcus intermedius was cultured from all sites.
Following these treatments for three months, his general condition improved.
We herein report a unique case of complicated empyema and iliopsoas abscess in which a favorable outcome was obtained by an appropriate diagnosis and treatment.
Reports of multiple abscesses have been increasing recently because of the growing geriatric population and aging-related complications.
It is important to search the whole body to detect multiple abscesses in cases where an abscess is detected at a single site.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sakurai, Mikio& Nagasawa, Hiroki& Takeuchi, Ikuto& Yanagawa, Youichi. 2020. A Case of an 80-Year-Old Man with Empyema and Psoas Abscess. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1147232
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sakurai, Mikio…[et al.]. A Case of an 80-Year-Old Man with Empyema and Psoas Abscess. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1147232
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sakurai, Mikio& Nagasawa, Hiroki& Takeuchi, Ikuto& Yanagawa, Youichi. A Case of an 80-Year-Old Man with Empyema and Psoas Abscess. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1147232
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1147232