Successful long-term treatment of persistent pulmonary air leak in pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia by unidirectional endobronchial valves

Spontaneous pneumothorax is a rare complication of pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia. We report a patient with pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia and therapy-refractory, right-sided pneumothorax due to persistent air leak (PAL) despite prolonged chest tube placement and multiple pleurodesis attempts. D...

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Autores principales: Bader, Stefanie, Faul, Christian, Raab, Stephan, Schwaiblmair, Martin, Berghaus, Thomas M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6121160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30181950
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.08.021

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