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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2024

Novel management of pseudomonas biofilm-like structure in a post-pneumonectomy empyema.

Alexandra M Gustafson, Carolina M Larrain, Lindsay R Friedman, Rachel Repkorwich, Ifeanyichukwu U Anidi, Karen M Forrest, Kevin P Fennelly, Shamus R Carr

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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Alexandra M GustafsonNational Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Surgery Branch, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Carolina M LarrainNational Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Surgery Branch, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Lindsay R FriedmanNational Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Surgery Branch, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Rachel RepkorwichNational Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Thoracic Surgery Branch, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Ifeanyichukwu U AnidiNational Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Branch, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Karen M ForrestMedical Research Council Unit the Gambia, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fajara, Gambia.
Kevin P FennellyNational Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Branch, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Shamus R CarrNational Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Thoracic Surgery Branch, Bethesda, MD, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a patient with a post-pneumonectomy empyema refractory to surgical debridement and systemic antibiotics. The patient initially presented with a bronchopleural fistula and pneumothorax secondary to tuberculosis (TB) destroyed lung, which required a pneumonectomy with Eloesser flap. Ongoing pleural infection delayed the closure of the Eloesser flap, and thoracoscopic inspection of his chest cavity revealed a green, mucous biofilm-like structure lining the postpneumonectomy pleural cavity. Cultures identified pan-susceptible

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsBiofilmsPneumonectomyPseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas InfectionsDebridementEmpyema, PleuralHumansMaleMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeAnti-Bacterial Agentsalfabiofilm-like structuredornaseempyemapneumonectomypseudomonastuberculosis

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PMID39483118
PMCPMC11525003

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