Bilateral empyema caused by adult-onset still's disease

Respiration

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 88-90

  Mattiuzzo, M ^a   Del Forno, M ^a   Branca, B ^a   Moretti, V ^b   Pirisi, M ^a,c  

^a Ospedale di Careggi   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^c Università degli Studi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult onset Still's disease, diagnosis; Empyema; Ferritin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; FERRITIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; MYALGIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT;

EID: 0035101206     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050469     Document Type: Article

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