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[Actinomyces as the etiology of empyema]
A Mateos Colino1, R Monte Secades, D Ibáñez Alonso
1Servicio de Medicina Interna, Complexo Hospitalario Xeral-Calde, Lugo.
Archivos De Bronconeumologia
|June 1, 1995
Abstract:
Thoracic actinomycosis represents 25% of all cases of the disease, whose presentation varies greatly. Pleural involvement is unusual and only rarely is it found as an isolated sign. We describe 2 cases of empyema due to actinomycosis; both cases responded well to surgical drainage and antibiotics.