Author: Silalahi, Todung D.A.; Suwita, Christopher S.
Title: Culture-negative pleural empyema after Coronavirus disease-19 resolution – A case report Cord-id: y6zi175e Document date: 2021_7_9
ID: y6zi175e
Snippet: Even after more than a year, novel Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) clinical presentation and complications are still being reported. We present a 75-year-old patient with culture-negative pleural empyema a month after COVID-19 resolution without re-infection. We hypothesize that culture-negative empyema can be present in patients with immune defect, e.g., elderly or diabetic patients, and prior antibiotic exposure. Empyema after COVID-19 resolution may be related to delayed inflammation improv
Document: Even after more than a year, novel Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) clinical presentation and complications are still being reported. We present a 75-year-old patient with culture-negative pleural empyema a month after COVID-19 resolution without re-infection. We hypothesize that culture-negative empyema can be present in patients with immune defect, e.g., elderly or diabetic patients, and prior antibiotic exposure. Empyema after COVID-19 resolution may be related to delayed inflammation improvement in chronic disease, which resulted in the patient's more vulnerability to secondary infection.
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