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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 7/2013

01-07-2013 | Imaging in Intensive Care Medicine

Excavated pneumonia: an unusual suspect

Authors: Audrey Bellesoeur, Ludivine Chalumeau-Lemoine, François Blot

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 7/2013

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A 23-year-old man was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia. He received induction chemotherapy and anti-microbial prophylaxis with broad spectrum antibiotherapy and caspofungin. …
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Metadata
Title
Excavated pneumonia: an unusual suspect
Authors
Audrey Bellesoeur
Ludivine Chalumeau-Lemoine
François Blot
Publication date
01-07-2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 7/2013
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-013-2897-9

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