Pulmonary gangrene complicating bacterial pneumonia

Pulmonary gangrene complicating bacterial pneumonia

Two cases of pulmonary gangrene involving left lower lobe in an 18-month and 4-year-old female children are reported. The patients looked like having empyema following Klebsiella pneumonia. The diagnosis was made following computerized tomography scan and during decortication respectively.

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Veröffentlicht in:Indian pediatrics 2003-08, Vol.40 (8), p.784-785
Hauptverfasser: KOTHARI, Paras R, JIWANE, Ashish, KULKARNI, Bharati
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the respiratory system
Biological and medical sciences
Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Empyema, Pleural - diagnosis
Female
Gangrene - pathology
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infant
Infectious diseases
Klebsiella Infections - pathology
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Lung - pathology
Medical sciences
Pneumonia, Bacterial - pathology
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Zusammenfassung:Two cases of pulmonary gangrene involving left lower lobe in an 18-month and 4-year-old female children are reported. The patients looked like having empyema following Klebsiella pneumonia. The diagnosis was made following computerized tomography scan and during decortication respectively.
ISSN:0019-6061
0974-7559