Chylothorax caused by Paragonimus westermani in a native californian

Chest

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1064-1066

  Wright, Robert S ^a,b   Jean, Marian ^c   Rochelle, Karen ^c   Fisk, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Santa Barbara County EMS   (United States)

^c SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Sansum Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PRAZIQUANTEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATELECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; PH; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAW FOOD; SPIROMETRY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

EID: 80053478915     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-2168     Document Type: Article

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