A challenging case of spontaneous bacterial empyema in a cirrhotic patient

J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2019 Sep 5;9(4):322-324. doi: 10.1080/20009666.2019.1634409. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Saad Emhmed Ali¹, Olalekan Akanbi¹, Macy Godman², Mohanad Soliman¹, Wesam M Frandah², Karim Benrajab²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
² Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Cirrhosis; infection; spontaneous bacterial empyema; spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; thoracentesis.

Publication types

Case Reports