Organic foreign body causing lung collapse and bronchopleural fistula with empyema
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Organic foreign body causing lung collapse and bronchopleural fistula with empyema.
To cite: Goussard P, Gie R, Andronikou S, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014204633 DESCRIPTION A 10-month-old infant presented with cough and fever. Treatment with oral antibiotics was initiated but the infant was admitted to hospital 7 days later, severely ill with a high-swinging fever. On clinical examination of the chest there were red...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-204633