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A Case of Thoracic Empyema due to Streptococcus Constellatus

Streptococcus constellatus'a Bağlı Torasik Ampiyem Olgusu

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The patient's overall condition improved, the markers of infection normalized, the amount of pleural effusion regressed, and culture of pleural effusion became sterile.

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Objective & Hypothesis:A 61-year-old mentally retarded man with congenital neurological disability presented with cough, wheezing, fever, and agitation for one week.
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Key Findings & Data:The preliminary diagnosis was bronchopneumonia and respiratory failure and a treatment consisted of empiric antibiotics, bronchodilators, mucolytics and oxygen therapy was initiated.
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Conclusion & Impact:The patient's overall condition improved, the markers of infection normalized, the amount of pleural effusion regressed, and culture of pleural effusion became sterile.
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A 61-year-old mentally retarded man with congenital neurological disability presented with cough, wheezing, fever, and agitation for one week. The preliminary diagnosis was bronchopneumonia and respiratory failure and a treatment consisted of empiric antibiotics, bronchodilators, mucolytics and oxygen therapy was initiated. Thoracentesis revealed empyema and a closed tube thoracotomy was placed. Streptococcus constellatus was isolated from the pleural fluid. The patient was not on an oral care. Our microbiology laboratory reported the isolation of Streptococcus constellatus. According to the published literature on the resistance to the first-line antibiotics such as betalactam inhibitors, macrolides, and metronidazole, antibiotics were changed accordingly. The patient's overall condition improved, the markers of infection normalized, the amount of pleural effusion regressed, and culture of pleural effusion became sterile. After the removal of the thoracic tube, he was discharged from the hospital. Patients with neurological disabilities lacking proper oral hygiene are at high-risk for mortality-bearing diseases such as empyema secondary to non-pathogenic bacteria, including Streptococcus constellatus. Isolating the causative microorganism can guide the antibiotic therapy where the antibiotic susceptibility testing is not available.

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Atmış bir yaşında konjenital nörolojik defisitli, mental retarde erkek hasta, bir haftadır olan öksürük, hırıltılı solunum, ateş, ajitasyonla başvurdu. Yatırılarak plöropnömoni ve solunum yetmezliği tanıları ile ampirik antibiyotik, bronkodilatör ve oksijen tedavisi başlandı. Torasentez ile ampiyem niteliğinde sıvı alındı, kapalı tüp torakostomi uygulandı. Ağız bakımının yapılmadığı öğrenilen hastada sıvıda Streptococcus constellatus izole edildi. O güne kadar kliniği ve enfeksiyon göstergeleri düzelmeyen hastanın tedavisinin değiştirilmesi planlandı. Literatürler ışığında etkenin betalaktam inhibitörleri, makrolidler ve metronidazol gibi ajanlara dirençli olabileceği göz önüne alınarak antibiyoterapisi değiştirildi. Olgu; genel durumunun düzelmesi, enfeksiyon göstergelerinin düşmesi, sıvının azaldığının görülmesi, kültürünün negatifleşmesi, tüpünün çekilmesi sonrasında kontrole gelmek üzere taburcu edildi. Nörolojik defisitli hastalarda ağız hijyeni yapılmadığında; normalde patojen olmayan Streptococcus constellatus gibi mikroorganizmaların mortal seyreden ampiyem gibi tablolara yol açabileceğini, elimizde bir antibiyogram olmasa da etkenin izolasyonunun uygun antibiyotik seçimi konusunda bize yol gösterebileceğini hatırlatmak amacı ile olgumuzu sunmaktayız.

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CHOUSEİN, E. G. U., İLİAZ, S., ÖZTÜRK, S. Y., BAHADIR, A., ORTAKÖYLÜ, M. G., BAĞCI, B. A., ÇAĞLAR, E. (2016). A Case of Thoracic Empyema due to Streptococcus Constellatus. Respiratory Case Reports, Cilt: 5 - Sayı: 2, 128–131. https://ajindex.com/articles/302487

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