Pleural effusion is a common complication of bacterial pneumonia appearing in 20-40% of hospitalized patients. Its appearance in viral pneumonia is less frequent, as well as its evolution to empyema. We present the case of a 63-year-old woman with bilateral pneumonia due to new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 associated to polymorphonuclear exudate type right pleural effusion with empyema criteria. Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus) is isolated in pleural fluid. The patient presented a favorable evolution with directed antibiotictreatment and thoracic drainage tube placement. During hospitalization, she is diagnosed also of a breast neoplasm.El derrame pleural es una complicación habitual en la neumonía bacteriana y se describe en un 20-...
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Pneumococcal arthritis is uncommon in adults, predominantly in pediatric patients. Pneumonia and ba...
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The COVID-19 infection has a heterogenous disease course. It may be asymptomatic or paucisymptomatic...
The current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has caused a huge global public health problem. We report the case o...
Introduction: in December 2019, a new respiratory virus of the coronavirus family was identified in ...
Introduction: In general, the affectation of the SARS-CoV2 virus in children is mild or asymptomatic...
We report the case of a 78-year-old woman with a mechanical aortic prosthesis, who presented to the ...
Introduction: An infection, COVID-19, was detected in December. Symptoms: cough, fever and dyspnoea....
Introduction: Pneumomediastinum is an infrequent and rare pathology. The typical radiological m...
The infection by coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is a new disease named COVID-19. We present the case of a 40...
Introduction: Empyema is a severe complication of pneumonia with a high mortality rate of 10-20% in ...
Pneumococcal arthritis is uncommon in adults, predominantly in pediatric patients. Pneumonia and ba...
In December 2019, an ongoing outbreak of pneumonia associated with a new coronavirus was reported in...
Patient with purpuric lesions and severe platelet disease of 2.0 x 109/L. About respiratory symptoms...
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is characterized by the concurrence of symptoms and signs of acut...
Introduction: The pathophysiological alterations that occur at the pulmonary level in COVID 19 infec...
ABSTRACTCryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) is one of the recognized histological patterns of idi...
The COVID-19 infection has a heterogenous disease course. It may be asymptomatic or paucisymptomatic...
The current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has caused a huge global public health problem. We report the case o...
Introduction: in December 2019, a new respiratory virus of the coronavirus family was identified in ...
Introduction: In general, the affectation of the SARS-CoV2 virus in children is mild or asymptomatic...
We report the case of a 78-year-old woman with a mechanical aortic prosthesis, who presented to the ...