Unexpected etiology of a pleural empyema in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL): Capnocytophaga ochracea

Pleural effusions and empyemas caused by Capnocytophaga spp. are uncommon with few cases previously reported. Here, we present the case of a 62-year-old man with untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) complicated by a pleural empyema caused by C. ochracea. The route of acquisition was likely t...

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Autores principales: Basco, Samantha A., Steele, Gregory M., Henao-Martínez, Andrés F., Franco-Paredes, Carlos, Chastain, Daniel B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7152719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32300526
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00747

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