Fever and haemoptysis in an injecting drug user
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Fever and haemoptysis in an injecting drug user.
CASE REPORT A 46-yr-old injecting drug user was admitted with a history of repeated haemoptysis, pleuritic chest pain and fevers. He had a neutrophilia and elevated C-reactive protein. A pulmonary embolus was diagnosed by computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiography and he was treated with low molecular weight heparin. He received i.v. antibiotics (flucloxacillin, amoxicillin, gentamicin and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00139206