Empyema Necessitans a Rare Complication of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Empyema in a Child
Pugh CP
The Pediatric infectious disease journal · 2020-03
Abstract
Empyema necessitans is a rare complication of a pleural effusion that occurs when infected fluid dissects into the chest wall from the pleural space. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Actinomyces israelii have previously been the most commonly reported etiologic agents. This case presents an empyema necessitans secondary to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) following an influenza A infection in a child.
MeSH terms
- Humans
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Empyema, Pleural
- Pleural Effusion
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Treatment Outcome
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Drainage
- Child, Preschool
- Male
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- Symptom Assessment