title: [A case of infected emphysematous bulla successfully treated with percutaneous thoracic drainage].
abstract: We present a case of infected emphysematous bulla successfully treated by percutaneous drainage. A 39-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of fever and right lateral chest pain. A chest radiograph and CT revealed a cystic lesion with an air fluid level in the upper lobe of the right lung. The infected emphysematous bulla was not improved by the administration of antibiotics. On day 6 of hospitalization, a drainage tube (Aspiration Kit: 6 Fr) was inserted percutaneously into the bulla under fluoroscopic guidance. The infection subsided on the next day, and the patient was discharged following a week of drainage without complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagahama City Hospital, 313 Oinui-cho, Nagahama-shi, Shiga 526-8580, Japan.
authors.forename: Takatoyo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kambayashi
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Kunihiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamakari
authors.forename: Yasuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Terada
mesh_terms: D001768:Blister / Q000628:therapy; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010462:Peptostreptococcus; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000628:therapy*; D013909:Thorax