71-Year-Old Man With Shortness of Breath and Rash
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A 65-year-old man with shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain, and recurrent pneumonia.
Recurrent pulmonary infections are common among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Imaging of the thorax beyond a routine chest radiograph, such as computed tomography imaging, should be considered for these patients. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy should also be considered for these patients, especially in cases in which respiratory cultures do not provide guidance for antibiotic th...
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Funding This work was supported by the European Union (EU FP6-2005-LIFESCIHEALTH-6; STREP contract number 037631; J.A.K. and M.M.M.) and has been partially funded by Fondation LeDucq (Transatlantic Network, 2009-2014, M.M.M.) N.Z. is supported by a Career Development Award from the Human Frontier Science Program Organization and by a VIDI grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific R...
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EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES The Clinical Case of the Month is a regular educational feature presented by the Louisiana State University Department of Medicine in New Orleans. Medical students, residents, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty collaborate in the preparation of these discussions. After reading this article, physicians should be able to better identify and understand the prevention, pathoph...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mayo Clinic Proceedings
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0025-6196
DOI: 10.4065/83.12.1388