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Case Reports
. 2003;35(2):132-3.
doi: 10.1080/0036554021000026995.

Spontaneous empyema and overwhelming septic shock due to Pasteurella multocida

Kevin B Laupland  1 , Karen P Rimmer, Daniel B Gregson, David W Megran
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Case Reports

Spontaneous empyema and overwhelming septic shock due to Pasteurella multocida

Kevin B Laupland et al. Scand J Infect Dis. 2003.

Abstract

Invasive Pasteurella multocida infection, although uncommon, has been recognized to occur more frequently among patients with hepatic cirrhosis. This study reports a fatal case of bacteremic P. multocida empyema without pneumonia associated with refractory septic shock in a patient with both cirrhosis and asplenia.

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