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Case Reports
. 2003 May;96(5):525-7.
doi: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000054914.05954.25.

Spontaneous pleural empyema due to Yersinia enterocolitica

Ali Mofredj  1 , Jean-Michel Guérin, Frank Leibinger, Rafik Masmoudi
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Case Reports

Spontaneous pleural empyema due to Yersinia enterocolitica

Ali Mofredj et al. South Med J. 2003 May.

Abstract

Yersinia enterocolitica is a well-known cause of enterocolitis. Although focal extraintestinal manifestations and disseminated disease have been described, usually in immunosuppressed patients, infection in the chest seems to be rare. We report the case of an alcoholic man who had spontaneous pleural empyema due to Y. enterocolitica.

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