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Round pneumonia in an elderly woman

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: We describe a case of pneumococcal round pneumonia in an elderly smoker and it demonstrates the role of inflammatory biomarkers and follow-up imaging in ruling out more ominous diagnoses.

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Autores principales: Mahmood, Tashfeen, Jou-Tindou, Adeline J, Khasawneh, Faisal A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4184767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25356230
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.42
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spelling pubmed-41847672014-10-29 Round pneumonia in an elderly woman Mahmood, Tashfeen Jou-Tindou, Adeline J Khasawneh, Faisal A Clin Case Rep Clinical Image KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: We describe a case of pneumococcal round pneumonia in an elderly smoker and it demonstrates the role of inflammatory biomarkers and follow-up imaging in ruling out more ominous diagnoses. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014-02 2013-12-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4184767/ /pubmed/25356230 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.42 Text en © 2013 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4184767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25356230
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