Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A young man in his 20s presented to the emergency department reporting of a sore throat, fever, chills and cough beginning 3 days prior. On the basis of a negative rapid streptococcal antigen test, he was discharged with supportive care for a presumed viral upper respiratory infection. He returned 2 days later with fever, cough productive of yellow sputum, shortness of breath and right-sided pleuritic chest pain. He quickly developed respiratory distress requiring intubation. A CT of the chest (figure 1 and video 1 …
Source: BMJ Case Reports
Institution: University of Maryland, Baltimore
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2128002702