Abstract

WAINSHTOK TOMAS, Daisy M et al. Multiple lung abscesses. Case presentation. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2014, vol.13, n.2, pp. 178-186. ISSN 1729-519X.

Introduction: the lung abscess is a suppurated and circumscribed pulmonary infection which causes the destruction of lung parenchyma. Often it appears as a unity and hardly ever multiple. It has several etiologies and the most frequently isolated microorganisms are: Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae and anaerobic germs. Objective: to present a patient immune-competent that presented multiple lung abscesses due to an abscessed cellulitis at the left knee. Case Presentation: it is presented the case of a male patient, 21 years old who suffered asthma. He was a dove breeder. He was admitted at the hospital complaining about high fever, thoracic pain and cough whit whitish expectoration. He had a preview diagnostic of abscessed cellulitis at the left knee, a month before. It was confirmed about the presence of multiple lung abscesses. The Staphylococcus aureus was isolated at the bronchial washing. Conclusion: iIt presented a case of a patient immune- competent with multiple lung abscesses due to Stafilococcus aureus, to leave abscessed cellulitis at the left knee. The diagnosis was performed by microbiological study of the bronchial washed. It was applied triple antimicrobial therapy for three weeks and concluded with vancomicina. The patient presented a clinical and radiological improvement.

Keywords : multiple lung abscesses; Staphylococcus aureus; anaerobic germs; abscessed cellulitis.

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