Subphrenic abscess: a complication of lobar pneumonia.
A patient presented with a pneumococcal lobar pneumonia and later developed a subphrenic abscess. Peritonitis and intra-abdominal abscess formation should be remembered as a rare cause of delayed recovery from lobar pneumonia.
D001803:Blood Transfusion; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013369:Subphrenic Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013982:Ticarcillin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D005839:Gentamicins; D013982:Ticarcillin