[Recurrent pneumonia and empyema due to Klebsiella pneumoniae as a complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy]

Arch Bronconeumol. 2001 May;37(5):265-6. doi: 10.1016/s0300-2896(01)75065-x.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We report a patient with pneumonia and empyema secondary to an abdominal abscess due to Klebsiella pneumoniae from stones released into the abdominal cavity during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / adverse effects*
  • Empyema, Pleural / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella Infections / etiology*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia / etiology*
  • Recurrence