[Patient with a lung abscess, primarily treated with drainage followed by antibiotics]. / Een patiënt met een longabces, primair behandeld met drainage en aanvullend met antibiotica.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
; 146(2): 77-9, 2002 Jan 12.
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| ID: mdl-11820062
ABSTRACT
A 45-year-old woman presented herself with coughing, nocturnal sweating, weight loss, and chest pain, left laterally. In the previous 5 months she had been treated twice with antibiotics due to a suspected pneumonia. With the help of a CT scan, 2 subpleural lung abscesses were diagnosed. The primary treatment was CT-guided drainage, as a result of which the largest abscess was emptied and a microbiological diagnosis could be established. Subsequently, the patient made a quick recovery with the help of specific antibiotics. It might be better to drain lung abscesses, especially subpleural ones, at an early stage rather than wait for the results of a trial treatment with antibiotics.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Drenagem
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Quimioterapia Combinada
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Abscesso Pulmonar
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Ano de publicação:
2002
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Article