Enterococcus faecalis causing empyema in a patient with liver disease.
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Behnia, M; Clay, AS; Hart, CM
Published in: South Med J
October 2002
A 57-year-old man with a history of liver disease had shortness of breath, fever, and pleuritic chest pain. Ascites was not present. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest revealed a large unilateral pleural effusion, compressive atelectasis, and no evidence of consolidation. Culture of the pleural fluid grew Enterococcus faecalis. Treatment with ampicillin in conjunction with tube thoracostomy resulted in clinical improvement. This case illustrates the development of spontaneous monomicrobial empyema due to E. faecalis in a patient with liver disease, in the absence of pneumonia and peritonitis.
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South Med J
ISSN
0038-4348
Publication Date
October 2002
Volume
95
Issue
10
Start / End Page
1201 / 1203
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Liver Diseases
- Humans
- Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
- General & Internal Medicine
- Enterococcus faecalis
- Empyema, Pleural
- 42 Health sciences
- 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
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Behnia, M., Clay, A. S., & Hart, C. M. (2002). Enterococcus faecalis causing empyema in a patient with liver disease. South Med J, 95(10), 1201–1203.
Behnia, Mehrdad, Alison S. Clay, and C Michael Hart. “Enterococcus faecalis causing empyema in a patient with liver disease.” South Med J 95, no. 10 (October 2002): 1201–3.
Behnia M, Clay AS, Hart CM. Enterococcus faecalis causing empyema in a patient with liver disease. South Med J. 2002 Oct;95(10):1201–3.
Behnia, Mehrdad, et al. “Enterococcus faecalis causing empyema in a patient with liver disease.” South Med J, vol. 95, no. 10, Oct. 2002, pp. 1201–03.
Behnia M, Clay AS, Hart CM. Enterococcus faecalis causing empyema in a patient with liver disease. South Med J. 2002 Oct;95(10):1201–1203.
Published In
South Med J
ISSN
0038-4348
Publication Date
October 2002
Volume
95
Issue
10
Start / End Page
1201 / 1203
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Liver Diseases
- Humans
- Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
- General & Internal Medicine
- Enterococcus faecalis
- Empyema, Pleural
- 42 Health sciences
- 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences