Abses Paru pada COVID-19

Adi Kurniawan (Penyakit Dalam, Rumah Sakit Permata Jonggol, Indonesia)
Paramita Khairan (Departemen Ilmu Penyakit Dalam, Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta, Indonesia)
Nurfanida Librianty (Departemen Kesehatan Lingkungan, Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat, Universitas Indonesia)
Mahrani Mahrani (Content Writer, kasuscovid.id Jakarta, Indonesia)
Hana Faisal (Departemen Pulmonologi dan Kedokteran Respirasi Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia)
Iffa Mutmainah (Dokter Umum, Bogor, Indonesia)
Fitriana Nur Rahmawati (Department of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan)
Sarah Shafa Marwadhani (Dokter Umum, Bogor, Indonesia)
Gadistya Novitri Adinda (Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah H. Marsidi Judono, Bangka Belitung, Indonesia)
Uti Nilam Sari (PT Teknologi Informasi Medimedi, Jakarta, Indonesia)
Pukovisa Prawirohardjo (Departemen Neurologi, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia)

Journal of the Indonesian Medical Association : Majalah Kedokteran Indonesia
Vol 70 No 8 (2020): Journal of The Indonesian Medical Association - Majalah Kedokteran Indonesia, Vo

Objective: COVID-19 is a new emerging disease since December 2019 that later was announced by WHO as a global pandemic. Radioimaging appearance of COVID-19 is varied yet dominantly showed as a ground glass appearance in CT-imaging. Lung abscess in COVID-19 is an extremely rare case, therefore it needs further discussion. Method: We report a 39 year-old male patient of COVID-19 with lung abscess.Result: This case report describe a COVID-19 patient who showed a very rare clinical manifestation; lung abscess. The patient showed negative result of TB molecular test. Chest tube insertion procedure was performed in this patient who showed an improvement after abscess being drained. Conclusion: Lung abscess may occur in COVID-19. Abscess drainage procedure may improve clinical condition of COVID-19 patient.