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Therapeutic drug monitoring and the conservative management of chronic tuberculous empyema: case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Chronic tuberculous empyema (CTE) is a rare and unusual, low grade and protracted, infection of the pleural space resulting in marked thickening, even calcification of the visceral and parietal pleura. Historically its management has been extraordinarily challenging. Differential penetra...

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Autores principales: Long, Richard, Barrie, James, Peloquin, Charles A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4542105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26265445
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1093-7