The authors present a case of bilateral localised staphylococcal pneum
onia in a young Cameroonian girl aged 9. A double thoracotomy was perf
ormed because of the worsening respiratory distress due to the presenc
e and extension of the pneumatocoeles. The outcome was satisfactory de
spite persistence of a small deficit of the total vital capacity on sp
irometry, 8 months after discharge from the hospital.