Table 1.

Reported cases of primary chest wall abscess occurring after blunt chest trauma.

Reference	Age	Sex	Injured location	Fracture	Time from trauma to onset	Causative pathogen	Primary focus of infection	Surgical intervention	Outcome
Caruana and Swayne [6]	37	M	7th rib	−	2 months	Salmonella typhi	Enteritis	Surgical debridement with resection of the ribs	Recovered
Hananel et al. [7]	37	M	Sternum	−	2 months	Salmonella typhi	Unknown	Only pus drainage	Recovered
Gregory [8]	37	M	Manubrium, sternum, and two ribs	+	14 days	Staphylococcus aureus	Unknown	Surgical debridement with resection of the manubrium and the sternum	Recovered
Jayle et al. [9]	14	M	Sternum	−	3 years	Staphylococcus aureus	Unknown	Surgical debridement with resection of the sternum	Recovered
Gilart et al. [10]	62	n/m	5–9th ribs	+	5 days	Staphylococcus aureus	Unknown	Surgical debridement	Recovered
Sakran and Bisharat [2]	65	F	4th rib	−	2 months	Escherichia coli	Urinary tract infection	Only pus drainage	Recovered
Ichimura et al. [11]	15	M	Sternum	+	19 days	Staphylococcus aureus	Unknown	Only pus drainage	Recovered
Present case	50	F	5th rib	+	2 months	Streptococcus pyogenes	Unknown	Surgical debridement	Recovered

M: male; F: female; n/m: not mentioned.