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Plevra Aspergillozis: Nadir Görülen Bir Mantar Enfeksiyonu

Pleural Aspergillosis: A Rare Presentation of Fungal Infection

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Clinical suspicion and early administration of anti-fungal agents with surgical interventions kind of pleural drainage or pleurectomy may be helpful in improving the outcome

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Objective & Hypothesis:Fungal infections accounts for less than 1% of all pleural effusions and rare causes of empyema.
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Key Findings & Data:A 63-year- old female presented with complaints of progressive shortness of breath and right-sided chest pain.
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Conclusion & Impact:Clinical suspicion and early administration of anti-fungal agents with surgical interventions kind of pleural drainage or pleurectomy may be helpful in improving the outcome
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Fungal infections accounts for less than 1% of all pleural effusions and rare causes of empyema. Here- in, we report an immunosuppressed case of aspergil- lus empyema thoracis with pneumothorax. A 63-year- old female presented with complaints of progressive shortness of breath and right-sided chest pain. Radio- logical examination revealed a pneumonic consoli- dation in the right middle lobe. Aspergillus was grown in the sputum culture. Repeated scans showed right hydropneumothorax which was treated with intercostal drainage. She underwent surgery due to persistent air leaks, multi-loculated empyema, and unexpanded lung. Total right pleurectomy (decortica- tion) was performed. She was discharged after 25 days on oral voriconazole which was continued for three months. It can be challenging to treat fungal empyema. Clinical suspicion and early administration of anti-fungal agents with surgical interventions kind of pleural drainage or pleurectomy may be helpful in improving the outcome

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Mantar enfeksiyonları tüm plevral efüzyonların %1'den daha azından sorumludur. Nadiren ampiye- me neden olurlar. Aspegillus'a bağlı ampiyem ve pnömotoraks gelişen immünsupresif bir olguyu sun- mayı amaçladık. Altmış üç yaşında kadın hastada ilerleyici bir nefes darlığı ve sağ göğüs ağrısı şikâyet- leri mevcuttu. Radyolojik incelenmesinde sağ orta lobda pnömoni tespit edildi. Ampirik antibiyotik teda- visi başlandı. Balgam kültüründe aspergillus üredi. Kontrol incelemesinde sağ hidropnömotoraks tespit edilen hastaya interkostal drenaj yapıldı. Hasta, uza- mış hava kaçağı, mültiloküle ampiyem ve akciğerin ekspansiyon kusuru nedeniyle ameliyata alındı. Komple sağ dekortikasyon yapıldı. Ameliyat sonrası dönem sorunsuz geçti ve hastanın genel durumu düzeldi. Yirmi beş gün sonra taburcu edilen hastaya üç ay boyunca ağızdan vorikonazol tedavisi verildi. Fungal enfeksiyonların tedavisi zor olabilmektedir. Klinik şüphe, erken antifungal tedavi, plevral drenaj ve plevrektomi gibi cerrahi müdahalelerle iyi sonuçlar alınabilir

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BEKÇİ, T. T., ÇALIK, M., AKIN, S. E., ÇALIK, S. G., ESME, H. (2016). Plevra Aspergillozis: Nadir Görülen Bir Mantar Enfeksiyonu. Respiratory Case Reports, Cilt: 5 - Sayı: 3, 181–183. https://ajindex.com/articles/302551

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