- 다양한 임상양상을 보인 영유아기 포도상구균성폐렴 5례
- ㆍ 저자명
- 김재웅,김일경,성호,최창희,Kim. Jae Woong,Kim. Il Kyung,Sung. Ho,Choi. Chang Hee
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 소아감염
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 1998년|5권 2호|pp.276-282 (7 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 한국소아감염병학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
Staphylococcal pneumonia caused by staphylococcus aureus can be characterized by its severity and rapid progress as a bacterial infection. The disease shows a high mortality in younger patients, especially in infants unless early and appropriate treatment is carried out. Treatment can be made of medical method alone but in cases of surgical interventions are needed, immediate surgical methods such as closed or open drainage of pleural fluid, lobectomy and decortication should be followed with combination of medical therapy. The choice of antibiotic should be made by proper antibiotic sensitivities tests. For a methicillin sensitive S. areus(MSSA), the penicillase resistant penicillin would be the first choice and for a methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA), the glycopeptides such as vancomycin would be the first one. Other drugs can also be used if the bacterial agents show any sensitivities to these drugs. Commonly, the chest roentgenographic findings reveal infiltrations, empyema, pneumothorax, pleural effusion, atelectasis or pneumatoceles in staphylococcal pneumonia and this fact easily can lead the physicians to its diagnosis as soon as possible. We experienced 5 cases of staphylococcal pneumonia in infants, proven by through bacterial cultures and report them with brief review of the related literatures.