Pyopneumothorax is characterized by a pleural collection of pus and air requiring emergent
thoracic drainage. A 65-year-old diabetic woman presented with a two-week history of …

We report a case of a 46-year-old Malay woman with underlying hypothyroidism post
thyroidectomy who presented with worsening breathlessness, orthopnoea, productive cough …

Disseminated infection caused by Streptococcus constellatus was seldom occurred. We
reported a case of Streptococcus constellatus infection, presenting as multiple pulmonary …

A 60-year-old male presented to our institution for abdominal pain and was later admitted to
the intensive care unit for shock, acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, and acute kidney …

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In Osier's time, bacterial pneumonia was a dreaded event, so important that he borrowed
John Bunyan's characterization of tuberculosis and anointed the pneumococcus, as the …

Pleural empyema necessitatis caused by Actinomyces meyeri is a rare but severe infection.
A. species predominantly A. meyeri and A. israelii represent the second most common …

Streptococcus intermedius is a known human pathogen and belongs to the anginosus group
(S. anginosus, S. intermedius, and S. constellatus) of streptococci (AGS). We found a large …

Concern over the changing bacteriology of empyema has led to numerous attempts to
characterize the most common locoregional bacterial isolates. The purpose of this study is to …

Empyema is often caused by Streptococcus anginous species, followed by Streptococcus
pneumoniae. The organism Streptococcus gordonii belongs to the Streptococcus mitis …