Case Report
Actinomyces meyeri Empyema: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Table 1
Summary of six cases of empyema due to A. meyeri.
| Case | Author (year) [reference] | Sex/age | Dissemination | Treatment | Antibiotic duration (months) |
| 1 | Rose et al. (1982) [13] | M/62 | Hip | Chest tube drainage | 13 | 2 | Lentino et al. (1985) [14] | M/16 | Bone marrow | Thoracotomy, resection of infected rib | 6 | 3 | Vallet et al. (2004) [15] | F/64 | None | Thoracotomy and decortication | 6.5 | 4 | Fazili et al. (2012) [7] | M/45 | None | Thoracotomy and decortication | 12 | 5 | Attaway and Flynn (2013) [8] | M/61 | None | Thoracotomy and decortication | 7.5 | 6 | Present | M/49 | None | Chest tube drainage | 4 |
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