title: [Pulmonary aspergillosis associated with empyema due to Eikenella corrodens].
abstract: A 74-year-old female had previously undergone a left upper lobectomy and received radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the lung in 2002. She was admitted to our hospital because of left pulmonary aspergillosis in 2011. We performed left completion pneumonectomy and decortications. After the operation, Eikenella corrodens was isolated from pleural effusion. She was therefore diagnosed as having simultaneous empyema due to Eikenella corrodens, and continued to have antibiotic treatment. Wound dehiscence caused by malnutrition occurred postoperatively, but was healed by peroral nutritional support. She was discharged 78 days after the operation without recurrence of pulmonary aspergillosis and empyema for 23 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Takatsuki Genaral Hospital, Takatsuki, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shiina
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Misato
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016124:Eikenella corrodens; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D055732:Pulmonary Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications*