title: Anaerobic bacterial empyema accompanying intrathoracic gas formation in anorexia nervosa.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Intrathoracic gas formation due to anaerobic pleuropulmonary infection is rare.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We experienced a case of empyema with intrathoracic gas formation by an anaerobic bacterium in a young woman with anorexia nervosa (AN).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We should therefore be alert to the possibility of serious infection in patients with AN, even when they have few complaints or normal white blood cell counts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: Takeo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Kiyohisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sekizawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004322:Drainage; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents