Pulmonary abscess in an infant treated with ultrasound-guided drainage

• Main Authors: Takeshi Saito (Author), Miyuki Matano (Author), Tsuyoshi Kodachi (Author), Keisuke Fukui (Author), Yukifumi Monden (Author), Yasushi Fuchimoto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Lung abscesses are very rare in infants, and most cases are cured by antibiotic administration. However, surgical treatment was necessary in our case when deterioration was seen despite using antibiotics for 1 week. A 5-week-old male infant showed high levels of inflammatory biomarkers on laboratory...