The case of the unwanted crystal: a case of pediatric pulmonary Actinomyces Odonolyticus

This case report is one of the only known cases of Actinomyces odontolyticus causing thoracic disease in an immunocompetent pediatric patient. This case also exemplifies how bronchoscopy was able to remove the nidus of infection and prevent the potential for significant morbidity associated with a l...

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Autores principales: Gray, Ashley, Do, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6028388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29988629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1555
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spelling pubmed-60283882018-07-09 The case of the unwanted crystal: a case of pediatric pulmonary Actinomyces Odonolyticus Gray, Ashley Do, Paul Clin Case Rep Case Reports This case report is one of the only known cases of Actinomyces odontolyticus causing thoracic disease in an immunocompetent pediatric patient. This case also exemplifies how bronchoscopy was able to remove the nidus of infection and prevent the potential for significant morbidity associated with a lobectomy. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6028388/ /pubmed/29988629 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1555 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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