Photo Quiz: Mysterious Objects in a Pleural Biopsy Sample from a Patient with Recurrent Pleural Empyema

J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Jul;53(7):2005, 2393. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02074-13.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • DNA, Plant / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
  • Empyema, Pleural / etiology*
  • Empyema, Pleural / pathology*
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / complications*
  • Foreign Bodies / pathology*
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Microscopy
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Recurrence
  • Seeds*
  • Solanum lycopersicum*
  • Thoracotomy / adverse effects

Substances

  • DNA, Plant
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer