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Pneumonia CBL
Pneumonia CBL
TREATMENT
• Penicillin G 5000 IU/kg/day IV or IM in
divided doses for 7 days
• Therapy with IV cefotaxime, ceftriaxone or
coamoxiclav
• Occurs in infancy and childhood
COMPLICATIONS
• Empyema & pyopnemothorax – intercostal drainage under
water seal or low pressure aspiration
• Metastatic abscesses – surgical drainage
• Significant pleural thickening – decortication by open
thoracotomy or thoracoscopic surgery
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