Pulmonary abscess caused by Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae in a child: A case report and review of literature

Table 2 Timeline of patient’ s course of illness

Date	Symptoms onset	Imaging examination	Treatments administered	Follow-up outcomes
August 30, 2023	Persistent cough for seven days and fever for five days	None	Ceftazidime was given for anti-infective treatment	Temperature returned to normal
September 2, 2023	Temperature was normal, but cough was still serious	Pulmonary CT	Continue anti-infective treatment	Inflammation of the posterior upper lobe of the right lung with abscess formation
September 4, 2023	The frequency of coughing slightly decreased	None	Bronchoalveolar lavage	The frequency of coughing decreased.
September 8, 2023	The frequency of coughing obviously disappeared	Pulmonary CT	Continue anti-infective treatment
September 14, 2023	None	None	Cefdinil was given for anti-infective treatment	Hospital discharge
October 9, 2023	None	Pulmonary CT	None	The abscess was resorbed and the patient’s outcome was good

CT: Computed tomography.