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A Rare Case of Spontaneous Empyema by Clostridium perfringens

A Rare Case of Spontaneous Empyema by Clostridium perfringens

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A Rare Case of Spontaneous Empyema by Clostridium perfringens

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Full title

A Rare Case of Spontaneous Empyema by Clostridium perfringens

Publisher

Cairo, Egypt: Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Journal title

Case reports in infectious diseases, 2018-01, Vol.2018 (2018), p.1-3

Language

English

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Cairo, Egypt: Hindawi Publishing Corporation

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Contents

Empyema caused by clostridial infections is rare especially in the absence of invasive thoracic procedures. We present the case of an 81-year-old man without a history of preceding trauma who presented with shortness of breath and nonproductive cough and grew Clostridium perfringens only in the pleural cavity. He was predisposed to the infection du...

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A Rare Case of Spontaneous Empyema by Clostridium perfringens

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_3d930ec3729f4e829b73b785a67f7936

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_3d930ec3729f4e829b73b785a67f7936

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ISSN

2090-6625

E-ISSN

2090-6633

DOI

10.1155/2018/2791349

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