Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literature

Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literature

Patients with a history of drug abuse and right sided endocarditis are prone to develop septic pulmonary emboli. Pneumothorax is a rare complication of septic pulmonary emboli reported in the literature, likely due to the rupture of thin-walled septic cavitary lesions resembling pneumatoceles into t...

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Main Authors: Sumit Kapoor, Jyotsana Thakkar, Muhammad Asim Siddique
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-06-01
Series:SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X18784823

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