Thoracic empyema due to Streptococcus intermedius.
With improved laboratory identification procedures, Streptococcus milleri (intermedius) is becoming recognized as an important human pathogen with the potential to form abscesses in a wide range of organs. The occurrence of a rapidly progressive and toxic empyema due to this organism in an otherwise healthy young adult without a predisposing lower respiratory tract infection allows us to examine the possibility that this microbe may be a significant but frequently unrecognized cause of adult empyema.
Roy
W J
WJ
University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY 40292.
Roy
T M
TM
Davis
G J
GJ
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004322:Drainage; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents