Loculated Empyema and SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature

Ayad, Sarah and Gergis, Kirolos and Elkattawy, Sherif and Mirza, Noreen and Abdelazeem, Basel (2021) Loculated Empyema and SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 8 (7). pp. 1-6. ISSN 2284-2594

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Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Clinical manifestations are diverse and can vary from mild respiratory symptoms to severe hypoxic respiratory failure. In severe cases, infection can cause gastrointestinal, renal, cardiac, neurological and haematological complications and result in multi-organ failure. There are very few reports of parapneumonic effusion in patients with COVID-19. We describe two patients with COVID-19 who had loculated empyema and discuss the clinical course and therapeutic options.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Empyema, loculated pleural effusion, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2
Subjects: 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate
600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici)
600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale)
Depositing User: Marina Spanti
Date Deposited: 25 Jan 2022 15:53
Last Modified: 25 Jan 2022 15:53
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21432

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