Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literature

Patients with a history of drug abuse and right sided endocarditis are prone to develop septic pulmonary emboli. Pneumothorax is a rare complication of septic pulmonary emboli reported in the literature, likely due to the rupture of thin-walled septic cavitary lesions resembling pneumatoceles into t...

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Autores principales: Kapoor, Sumit, Thakkar, Jyotsana, Siddique, Muhammad Asim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6041854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30013787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X18784823

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