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A 69-Year-Old Man With Chronic Cough and Recurrent Pneumonia.

Authors :
Hoan, Le
Hang, Le Minh
Thanh Hong, Dinh Thi
Nhu Quynh, Nguyen Thi
Linh, Le Tuan
Cuong, Nguyen Ngoc
Minh, Tran Ngoc
Luan, Dao Thi
Thang, Nguyen Duy
Delphine, Natali
Source :
CHEST. Dec2020, Vol. 158 Issue 6, pe283-e287. 5p.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

<bold>Case Presentation: </bold>A 69-year-old man consulted for a 3-day history of fever, wet cough, and yellow-green phlegm. He denied having any dyspnea, chest pain, hemoptysis, swallowing disorders, choke, chills, asthenia, anorexia, or weight loss. He reported a continuous dry cough and three episodes of pneumonia in the past 4 years. He was a nonsmoker, without any other personal or familial medical history. He had no known professional exposure. He was born and lived in Vietnam but had no known contact with TB in his family or workplace. He was never imprisoned or homeless and did never travel abroad. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00123692
Volume :
158
Issue :
6
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
CHEST
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
147445229
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2020.07.033