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The case was 54-year-old male with some risks such as chronic heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and liver chirrhosis. He was admitted because of severe back pain and diagnosed as empyema by preoperative thoracentesis. By thoracoscopic procedures under local anesthesia, fibrinopurulent tissues were
A patient with no known immune compromise presented with necrotizing pneumonia and a pleural effusion. Thoracentesis yielded a sanguinopurulent, foul smelling exudate that showed sheets of polymorphonuclear leukocytes and many gram-positive bacilli. A tube thoracostomy was performed and treatment
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Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) rarely causes lower respiratory tract infections, although most reported cases of B. cereus pneumonia are fatal despite intensive antibiotic therapy. We present a case of B. cereus pneumonia in an immunocompetent patient.
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An 81-year-old woman was
From September 1990 to October 1990, 15 patients who were admitted to four different departments of the National Taiwan University Hospital, including nine patients in the emergency department, three in the hematology/oncology ward, two in the surgical intensive care unit, and one in a pediatric