A Pneumonia That Will Not Go Away
Author(s) -
Khaled Khasawneh,
Tashfeen Mahmood,
Ruba A Halloush,
Faisal A Khasawneh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
canadian respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1916-7245
pISSN - 1198-2241
DOI - 10.1155/2014/609078
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , eosinophilic pneumonia , respiratory tract , intensive care medicine , respiratory tract infections , pediatrics , respiratory system , respiratory disease , lung
Pneumonia is a common diagnosis with significant morbidity and mortality. However, pneumonia is a commonly overdiagnosed entity, with many similar-appearing conditions. A young, previously healthy woman was misdiagnosed with a variety of respiratory tract infections over the course of five months before establishing the correct diagnosis - chronic eosinophilic pneumonia.
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