Lung Abscess in an Immunocompetent Adolescent

Overview

Journal BMJ Case Rep

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2019 Jan 13

PMID 30635309

Citations 8

Authors

Diana Soares

Ana Reis-Melo

Catarina Ferraz

Luisa Guedes Vaz

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Abstract

The authors report a case of a lung abscess caused by sp. in a previously healthy adolescent. A 17-year-old young man presented with tonsillitis that did not respond to β-lactamic antibiotic, dyspnoea and thoracic pain. The X-ray revealed a cavitation in the right pulmonary upper lobe. He was admitted and completed a 14-day empirical antimicrobial therapy for a pulmonar abscess, although no clinical recovery was observed. He then underwent pulmonary biopsy of the lesion and PCR analysis of the collected pulmonary tissue, which revealed the presence of This case emphasises the importance of considering nocardiosis in the differential diagnosis of a lung abscess, particularly if no response to empirical therapy is obtained.

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