Empyema-a rare complication of tranbronchial lung biopsy

Respiratory Medicine Extra

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 97-99

  Balamugesh, Thangakunam ^a   Jesudas, Christopher Devasahayam ^a   Thomas, Rajesh ^a   Gupta, Richa ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Empyema; Iatrogenic pneumothorax; Transbronchial lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; EMPYEMA; FEVER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUBE;

EID: 33646061377     PISSN: 17449049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmedx.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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