Open AccessRound pneumonia in an elderly woman
Author(s) -
Mahmood Tashfeen,
JouTindou Adeline J.,
Khasawneh Faisal A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.42
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , medical diagnosis , intensive care medicine , pneumococcal pneumonia , streptococcus pneumoniae , pediatrics , pathology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Key Clinical Message We describe a case of pneumococcal round pneumonia in an elderly smoker and it demonstrates the role of inflammatory biomarkers and follow‐up imaging in ruling out more ominous diagnoses.
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