Unusual cause of chest pain: empyema necessitans and tubercular osteomyelitis of the rib in an immunocompetent man.

Dunphy, Louise; Shetty, Prashanth; Kavidasan, Ajitkumar; Rice, Alexandra

Dunphy, Louise; Shetty, Prashanth; Kavidasan, Ajitkumar; Rice, Alexandra.

Affiliation

Dunphy L; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Milton Keynes University Hospital, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, UK.
Shetty P; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Milton Keynes University Hospital, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, UK.
Kavidasan A; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Milton Keynes University Hospital, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, UK.
Rice A; Department of Thoracic and Transplant Pathology, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

BMJ Case Rep ; 20162016 Jan 04.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26729824

Subject(s)

Chest Pain/etiology; Empyema, Tuberculous/diagnosis; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use; Antibiotics, Antitubercular/therapeutic use; Ciprofloxacin/therapeutic use; Drug Therapy, Combination; Empyema, Tuberculous/complications; Empyema, Tuberculous/drug therapy; Humans; India/ethnology; Male; Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolation & purification; Osteomyelitis/microbiology; Pleural Effusion/diagnostic imaging; Pleural Effusion/pathology; Radiography; Ribs; United Kingdom

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Chest Pain / Empyema, Tuberculous Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Aged80 / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Asia / Europa Language: En Journal: BMJ Case Rep Year: 2016 Type: Article Affiliation country: United kingdom

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