Spontaneous pneumomediastinum due to paralytic rabies

Rabies is a fatal disease resulting from rabies virus infection, causing severe neurological symptoms and ultimately death by destroying the nervous system. In general, a patient tends to see a neurologist or an infectious diseases physician, with very common and typical discipline-related signs and...

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Main Authors: Wuping Wang, Yunfeng Ni, Kongxiang Gao, Qiang Lu, Xiaofei Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867012002711
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spelling doaj-f765d5c1588e4a768149c95f1af4a3722020-11-25T03:04:44ZengElsevierBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases1413-86702013-01-011719496Spontaneous pneumomediastinum due to paralytic rabiesWuping Wang0Yunfeng Ni1Kongxiang Gao2Qiang Lu3Xiaofei Li4Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdou Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, ChinaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdou Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, ChinaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdou Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, ChinaCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 029 84777737; fax: +86 029 84777838.; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdou Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, ChinaCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 029 84777737; fax: +86 029 84777838.; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdou Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, ChinaRabies is a fatal disease resulting from rabies virus infection, causing severe neurological symptoms and ultimately death by destroying the nervous system. In general, a patient tends to see a neurologist or an infectious diseases physician, with very common and typical discipline-related signs and symptoms, such as hydrophobia, aerophobia, and mental disorders. However, we reported a rabies patient who was first admitted to see a thoracic surgeon with spontaneous pneumomediastinum. Keywords: Rabies, Spontaneous pneumomediastinumhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867012002711
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author Wuping Wang
Yunfeng Ni
Kongxiang Gao
Qiang Lu
Xiaofei Li
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Yunfeng Ni
Kongxiang Gao
Qiang Lu
Xiaofei Li
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum due to paralytic rabies
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Yunfeng Ni
Kongxiang Gao
Qiang Lu
Xiaofei Li
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title Spontaneous pneumomediastinum due to paralytic rabies
title_short Spontaneous pneumomediastinum due to paralytic rabies
title_full Spontaneous pneumomediastinum due to paralytic rabies
title_fullStr Spontaneous pneumomediastinum due to paralytic rabies
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous pneumomediastinum due to paralytic rabies
title_sort spontaneous pneumomediastinum due to paralytic rabies
publisher Elsevier
series Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
issn 1413-8670
publishDate 2013-01-01
description Rabies is a fatal disease resulting from rabies virus infection, causing severe neurological symptoms and ultimately death by destroying the nervous system. In general, a patient tends to see a neurologist or an infectious diseases physician, with very common and typical discipline-related signs and symptoms, such as hydrophobia, aerophobia, and mental disorders. However, we reported a rabies patient who was first admitted to see a thoracic surgeon with spontaneous pneumomediastinum. Keywords: Rabies, Spontaneous pneumomediastinum
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