Prolonged fever after pleural instillation of Corynebacterium parvum (Coparvax).
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Prolonged fever after pleural instillation of Corynebacterium parvum (Coparvax).
CASE I A 70 year old woman presented with a pleural effusion containing undifferentiated carcinoma cells. Biopsy of an enlarged cervical gland yielded material with the histological features of adenocarcinoma. She had a previous history of systemic lupus erythematosus and seropositive arthritis. Corynebacterium parvum (7 mg in 20 ml normal saline) was instilled into the pleural cavity after asp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.42.10.823