Rare Presentation of Isolated Spontaneous Bacterial Empyema without Concomitant Ascites in a Patient with Cirrhosis

In decompensated cirrhosis, massive ascites and pleural effusion (hepatic hydrothorax) can be complicated by infection, which manifests either as spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) or spontaneous bacterial empyema (SBE). SBE is a distinct and often underdiagnosed complication having different p...

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Autores principales: Dharmalingam, Anbu Krithigha, Pandurangan, Viswanathan, Ramadurai, Srinivasan, Arthur, Preetam, Lakshmanan, Suja, Nair, Aiswarya M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Iranian Association of Gastroerterology and Hepatology 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9489317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36619149
http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/mejdd.2022.282

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