1. Enterococcal Lung Abscess: Medical and Surgical Therapy
- Author
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J. Edward Okies and James F. Morris
- Subjects
Male ,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Percutaneous ,Penicillin Resistance ,Penicillin G Procaine ,Lung abscess ,Microbial Sensitivity Tests ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,Surgical therapy ,Streptococcal Infections ,Enterococcus faecalis ,Humans ,Medicine ,Lung Abscess ,biology ,Probenecid ,business.industry ,Aminoglycoside ,Penicillin G ,Pneumonia ,Middle Aged ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Antimicrobial ,Lincomycin ,respiratory tract diseases ,Surgery ,Radiography ,Penicillin ,Streptococcus pneumoniae ,Enterococcus ,Streptomycin ,Drainage ,Ampicillin ,Gentamicins ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Enterococci are rarely implicated in the causation of pneumonia or lung abscess. Two patients are reported who developed large lung abscess cavities from enterococcal pneumonia. Combination penicillin and aminoglycoside antimicrobial therapy and drainage with a transthoracic tube resulted in complete cavity closure and healing. Enterococci should be considered as possible etiologic agents of pneumonia. Percutaneous chest tube drainage appears helpful in certain types of lung abscess.
- Published
- 1974