López GJ, Marrero RH, Silva RI, Veranes GM, Benítez RL

Language: Spanish
References: 7
Page: 8111-8116
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ABSTRACT

The case report of a 19 year-old patient is presented. He had been admitted in Cienfuegos province under the diagnosis of pleural parapneumonic effusion, for which wide spectrum antibiotics were administered which produced him a mild clinical improvement, so he was discharged. Due to the persistence of the breathing difficulties and of the pleural effusion--observed through the radiographic study --he was admitted in the Pulmonology Service of "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" Teaching General Hospital from Santiago de Cuba, and there it was determined that this affected patient presented a confections of pleural tuberculosis with the human immunodeficiency virus/aids, for which the category 1 of the established treatment to the effects was indicated.

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