Severe staphylococcal infection with pneumonia treated by plasmapheresis and plasma exchange. A preliminary report.
Three cases of extremely severe staphylococcal infection are reported. All 3 patients were treated by plasmapheresis and fresh plasma or fresh-frozen plasma replacement, and all made a steady recovery. In all 3 cases blood culture for Staphylococcus aureus was positive, 1 patient had osteitis, and 1 signs of spinal cord compression by an infectious process (an abscess). It is thought that the above mentioned procedures may offer a useful additional line of therapy for desperately ill patients with staphylococcus infections.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010951:Plasma Exchange; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D011023:Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000276:immunology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification