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A Rare Case of Spontaneous Empyema by Clostridium perfringens

Empyema caused by clostridial infections is rare especially in the absence of invasive thoracic procedures. We present the case of an 81-year-old man without a history of preceding trauma who presented with shortness of breath and nonproductive cough and grew Clostridium perfringens only in the pleu...

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Autores principales: Basnet, Sijan, Mir, Izza, Mohanty, Elan, Dhital, Rashmi, Tharu, Biswaraj, Ram Poudel, Dilli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5817267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29535878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2791349

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