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Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium Empyema in an Asplenic Patient
Enterococcal empyema is a rare complication of pneumonia. We report the case of a 67-year-old asplenic man with pneumonia complicated by respiratory failure and empyema requiring decortication and prolonged chest tube drainage. Cultures of the empyema were initially negative, but later grew vancomyc...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6207496/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30410833 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3227 |