Empyema as a complication of percutaneous lung abscess drainage

Case contributed by Jayanth Keshavamurthy , 29 Jan 2017
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Magdalena Chmiel-Nowak, 25 Apr 2021

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Caution when doing percutaneous lung drainage for lung abscesses. The culture grew Pseudomonas aeroginosaaeruginosa.

Chest radiographs were not performed for 7 days after chest tube placement.

  • -<p>Caution when doing percutaneous lung drainage for lung abscesses. The culture grew <em>Pseudomonas </em><em>aeroginosa</em>.</p><p>Chest radiographs were not performed for 7 days after chest tube placement.</p>
  • +<p>Caution when doing percutaneous lung drainage for lung abscesses. The culture grew <em>Pseudomonas </em><em>aeruginosa</em>.</p><p>Chest radiographs were not performed for 7 days after chest tube placement.</p>

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