Massive empyema in a five-week-old baby: a case study
- Author:
P. E. Spicer
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH:
Acute Disease;
Combined Modality - Therapy;
Empyema - diagnosis;
Infant;
Male;
Streptococcal Infections - diagnosis*
- From:
Papua New Guinea medical journal
1990;33(1):55-57
- CountryPapua New Guinea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
A 5-week-old male child was admitted to Tabubil Hospital with a rapidly progressive, fulminating right-sided empyema which necessitated thoracotomy and drainage. The causative organism was a haemolytic Streptococcus.
