Clinical and radiographic spectrum of septic pulmonary embolism.

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  • K S Wong
  • T Y Lin
  • Y C Huang
  • S H Hsia
  • P H Yang
  • S M Chu
چکیده

AIMS To review the clinical presentation, radiographic findings, and outcome of therapy in children with septic pulmonary embolism. METHODS Retrospective analysis of patients in a tertiary paediatric facility in northern Taiwan. RESULTS Ten children were identified with septic pulmonary emboli in a four year retrospective chart review between 1998 and 2001. Seven were immunocompetent, two were premature infants, one had beta thalassemia major. Seven had community acquired staphylococcal infections and bacteraemia, of which six were methicillin resistant Staphylococus aureus (MRSA) isolates. Five had soft tissue infections, two bone infections, one suppurative otitis media, one catheter related infection, and one unknown foci of infection. Multiple and bilateral nodular pulmonary parenchymal lesions were common on plain chest radiographs, but chest computed tomography scans showed the additional findings of a "vessel sign" and central cavitations, confirming the existence of septic pulmonary embolism. CONCLUSIONS Community acquired MRSA infections occurred in seven patients with septic pulmonary embolism but without predisposing high risk factors. Critically ill children with skin, soft tissue, or bone infections, when associated with septic pulmonary embolism in an area with a high rate of MRSA, should be empirically treated with glycopeptides (such as vancomycin or teicoplanin) before susceptibility results are known, in order to minimise morbidity and avoid mortality.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Archives of disease in childhood

دوره 87 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2002