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Case Reports
. 1978 Aug;118(2):415-8.
doi: 10.1164/arrd.1978.118.2.415.

Empyema with Trichomonas species

P D Walzer, I Rutherford, R East
Case Reports

Empyema with Trichomonas species

P D Walzer et al. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1978 Aug.

Abstract

A 35-year-old alcoholic male patient developed an empyema secondary to presumed aspiration pneumonia. Trichomonads were demonstrated on wet mounts and Wright-Giemsa-stained, air-dried smears of pleural fluid. Treatment with metronidazole, other antimicrobial drugs, and drainage was successful in curing the empyema.

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