| Primary Chest Wall Abscess Caused by Escherichia coli Costochondritis. | |
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PMID: 21681074 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Chest wall abscess may occur as primary infection or secondary to open trauma or thoracic wall surgery. The authors describe an unusual case of Escherichia coli costochondritis occurring 2 months after a blunt chest wall trauma. Primary chest wall abscess due to E coli costochondritis has been previously reported only twice occurring after urinary tract infection. All other very few reports of E coli costochondritis have been reported only after thoracic surgical procedures. An English literature review of primary chest wall abscess showed that 4 pathogens are responsible for the majority of cases: Actinomyces, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans and Salmonella. C albicans costochondritis was most commonly reported among heroin addicts. The appearance of a growing chest wall mass should always prompt a search for an infectious cause, even with little or no systemic signs and symptoms. |
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Waheeb Sakran; Naiel Bisharat |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-6-15 |
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Title: The American journal of the medical sciences Volume: - ISSN: 1538-2990 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jun |
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Created Date: 2011-6-17 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370506 Medline TA: Am J Med Sci Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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From the Pediatric Department B (ws), Department of Medicine D (nb), Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula; and The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine (ws, nb), Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. |
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