Abstract
Infection of a chylothorax is thought not to occur because chyle is inherently bacteriostatic. We report a case of an infected chylothorax occurring in an immunocompromised patient with pneumonia. To our knowledge, this is the first description of such a case.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Chylothorax / complications*
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Chylothorax / drug therapy
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Humans
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Immunocompromised Host
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Kidney Transplantation
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Male
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Penicillin G / therapeutic use
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Penicillins / therapeutic use
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Pleural Effusion / microbiology
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Pneumonia, Bacterial / complications
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Streptococcal Infections / complications*
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Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy
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Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
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Streptococcus / isolation & purification