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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1974;17(5):379-382. Published online May 31, 1974.

A Case of Pneumatccsle Associated with Escherichia Coli Empyema

Kwan Ho Park¹, Sun Hi Lee¹, Pyung Kil Kim¹, Bum Koo Cho²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul, Korea
²Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul, Korea

Abstract

In pediatric age, most prevalent causative organism of empyema with pneumatocele is Stapylococcus, but recently we experienced a case of E. coli empyema with pneumatocele in 9 month old boy, who had history of sudden dyspnea with high fever, cyanosis and diarrhea. He was treated successfully with Gentamycin and closed surgical chest drainage. We report this case with brief review of literature.

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