Occult pneumococcal septicemia and pneumococcal pneumonia complicating pneumatoceles in a previously healthy child

ASLAN Y., ORHAN F., DINC H., SOYLU H., Erduran E.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, cilt.40, sa.3, ss.441-445, 1998 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 40 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 1998
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.441-445
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Fulminating pneumococcal septicemia without an obvious focus of infection is very rare in previously immunocompetent children older than two years. Furthermore, pneumatocele formation in pneumococcal pneumonia is uncommon. The majority of pneumatoceles are self-limited and disappear spontaneously. Here, we report a six-year-old healthy child with occult pneumococcal septicemia and pneumococcal pneumonia secondary to septicemia. Giant pneumatoceles causing respiratory insufficiency formed secondary to the pneumococcal pneumonia and were aspirated via needle under fluoroscopic guidance.