Peptostreptococcal empyema in akinetic mutism.
Peptostreptococcal empyema occurred in a 54-year-old man who had suffered from diabetes mellitus and had been in akinetic mutism. Ultrasonic tomogram was useful to detect the space of empyema and to identify the decrease in volume of the empyema space with treatment.
D000405:Akinetic Mutism / Q000150:complications*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications*; D004653:Empyema / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010462:Peptostreptococcus; D011859:Radiography