A novel therapeutic strategy to close bronchopleural fistula related to Mycobacterium chelonae in elderly patients: two case reports and literature review

BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium chelonae (M. chelonae) empyema complicated with bronchopleural fistula (BPF) remains a significant challenge in diagnosis and treatment and the clinical outcomes are often unsatisfactory, especially in elderly patients. There is a paucity data related to the management of t...

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Autores principales: Liu, Xiaolong, Huang, Zhihua, Luo, Shaohua, Yang, Shifang, Huang, Junwei, Chen, Pingping, Lin, Qi, Wu, Jian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9201175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35722409
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/atm-22-2130

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9201175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35722409
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/atm-22-2130

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