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  • Title: Pseudomonas aeruginosa septicemia with gangrene of the lung and empyema.
    Author: Young JN, Samson PC.
    Journal: Ann Thorac Surg; 1980 Mar; 29(3):254-7. PubMed ID: 7362314.
    Abstract:
    The following case report demonstrates the occasional necessity for staged thoracic surgical intervention in the management of a clinical condition commonly associated with high mortality: overwhelming pseudomonas pulmonary infection and septic shock. Intervention included the use of emergency wide-open drainage of gangrene of the lung and empyema, followed by sequential, interval lobectomy.
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