Pleural Effusion and Fever in an Immunocompromised Patient

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2015 Mar;4(1):e6-9. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piu018. Epub 2014 Mar 19.

Authors

Alexander W Kay¹, Megumi Itoh¹, Jessica Valdez¹, Sharon F Chen¹, Roshni Mathew¹, Hayley A Gans¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.

PMID: 26407371
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piu018

No abstract available

Keywords: Mycobacterium bovis; pleural effusion; pleurisy..

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Female
Fever / diagnosis
Fever / etiology
Fever / physiopathology
Fever / therapy*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Immunocompromised Host* / physiology
Mycobacterium bovis*
Pleural Effusion / diagnosis
Pleural Effusion / etiology
Pleural Effusion / physiopathology
Pleural Effusion / therapy*
Radiography, Thoracic
Tuberculosis / complications
Tuberculosis / diagnosis
Tuberculosis / physiopathology
Tuberculosis / therapy*