Expansile cough impulse: a useful clinical sign for empyema necessitans

BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Mar 31;12(3):e229696. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-229696.

Authors

Sayantan Banerjee¹, Sagnik Biswas², Animesh Ray², Venkatesh Vaithiyam²

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases, All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi, New Delhi, New Delhi, India.
² Department of Internal Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India.

No abstract available

Keywords: Tb and other respiratory infections; empyema; infectious diseases.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cough / diagnosis*
Cough / microbiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Empyema, Tuberculous / diagnosis*
Empyema, Tuberculous / microbiology
Humans
Male
Mycobacterium tuberculosis*
Thoracic Wall / microbiology