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Empyema necessitans with osteomyelitis of fifth rib due to Nocardia farcinica: a case report

BACKGROUND: Empyema necessitans is a rare pulmonary condition described as the presence of pus in the pleural cavity with insidious extension into the surrounding soft tissue. The common microbial aetiology of empyema necessitans is tuberculosis. Nocardiosis a cause of empyema necessitans is rarely...

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Autores principales: Tripathi, Swapnil, Meena, Durga Shankar, Rohila, Amit Kumar, T.R., Neetha, Jain, Vidhi, Kumar, Deepak, Yadav, Taruna, Garg, Mahendra Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8336093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34344324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06452-6