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(Chest. 1974;65:688-691.)
© 1974 American College of Chest Physicians

Enterococcal Lung Abscess: Medical and Surgical Therapy

James F. Morris M.D.1 and J. Edward Okies M.D.2

1 Chief, Pulmonary and Infectious Diseases Section, Veterans Administration Hospital and Professor of Medicine, University of Oregon Medical School
2 Resident, Division of Cardiopulmonary Surgery, University of Oregon Medical School

Enterococci are rarely implicated in the causation of pneumonia or lung abscess. Two patients are reported who developed large lung abscess cavities from enterococcal pneumonia. Combination penicillin and aminoglycoside antimicrobial therapy and drainage with a transthoracic tube resulted in complete cavity closure and healing. Enterococci should be considered as possible etiologic agents of pneumonia. Percutaneous chest tube drainage appears helpful in certain types of lung abscess.






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