Life-threatening bilateral empyema and mediastinitis complicating infectious mononucleosis

被引：8

作者：

Andrianakis, IA

Kotanidou, AN

Pitaridis, MT

Saroglou, GJ

Exarhos, DN

Roussos, CS

Bellenis, IP

机构：

[1] Univ Athens, Evagelismos Hosp, Dept Crit Care & Pul Serv, Athens 10675, Greece

[2] Evangelismos Med Ctr, Dept Cardiothorac Surg, Athens 10675, Greece

[3] Evangelismos Med Ctr, Dept Radiol, Athens 10675, Greece

来源：

INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE | 2002年 / 28卷 / 05期

关键词：

empyema; mediastinitis; sepsis; infectious mononucleosis;

D O I：

10.1007/s00134-002-1270-1

中图分类号：

R4 [临床医学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100602 ;

摘要：

Infectious mononucleosis, most commonly caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), generally results in mild, self-limited illness characterized by fever, pharyngitis and lymphadenopathy. The young woman presented in our case report had clinical and serologic evidence of infectious mononucleosis and developed cervical abscess, which directly extended into the retropharyngeal space, mediastinum and the pleural spaces without lung involvement. After antibiotic and extensive surgical treatment she made a full recovery.

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