Abstract:A 30 years old male was referred to the authors' department with complaints of a fever (39,5ºC), non-productive cough, myalgias and fatigue for 10 days before his admission to the hospital. Upon admission, a chest radiograph was performed showing bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy accompanied by fluffy nodular and micronodular opacities predominating in the middle lung fields (figure 1). The patient received one course of antibiotics for common bacterial pathogens, before he sought our medical assistance, with no… Show more
“…It was eleven years ago that I have began my collaboration with the Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease and both the recent changes in its Editorial Board, and the massive number of case reports appearing in the current journal's issue [1][2][3][4][5][6], are prompting me to try to draw up a balance of the past years and to address the impact of the case reports on the future years of the journal.…”
“…It was eleven years ago that I have began my collaboration with the Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease and both the recent changes in its Editorial Board, and the massive number of case reports appearing in the current journal's issue [1][2][3][4][5][6], are prompting me to try to draw up a balance of the past years and to address the impact of the case reports on the future years of the journal.…”
A white woman in her 80s presented to the ED with nonproductive cough, fever, and 2 weeks of progressive generalized weakness. Previously ambulatory, she now was so weak she required assistance out of bed.
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