A 52-Year-Old Man With an 11-Month History of Fever, Cough, Chest Pain, Pleural Effusion, and Left Lung Atelectasis

Li Chen; Liqiong Yu; Yi Wu; Wai-kit Ming; Zhihong Huang; Shengming Liu

doi:10.1016/j.chest.2020.05.546

A 52-Year-Old Man With an 11-Month History of Fever, Cough, Chest Pain, Pleural Effusion, and Left Lung Atelectasis

Li Chen^*
, Liqiong Yu
, Yi Wu
, Wai-kit Ming
, Zhihong Huang
, Shengming Liu

^*Corresponding author for this work

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CASE PRESENTATION: A 52-year-old man was referred to our hospital for cough, fever, chest pain, and progressive dyspnea. He has worked as a full-time security staff at a community center and was in a normal state of health until 11 months prior to referral when he began experiencing cough, expectoration, a high-grade fever (up to 39.7°C), chills, and left chest pain. He visited the local hospital several times with suspected lung cancer. Bronchoscopy showed chronic inflammatory changes in his bronchi. He was given a course of antibiotics, but his fever had not subsided. The patient had visited a bamboo rat farm and consumed bamboo rat meat one year previously. He had never smoked.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e153-e157
Journal	Chest
Volume	158
Issue number	4
Online published	5 Oct 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2020.05.546
Publication status	Published - Oct 2020
Externally published	Yes

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A 52-Year-Old Man With an 11-Month History of Fever, Cough, Chest Pain, Pleural Effusion, and Left Lung Atelectasis

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