Persistent pleuritic chest pain in a patient with cystic fibrosis

Stefanie Louey; Shivanthan Shanthikumar; Moya Vandeleur; Amanda Gwee; Phil Robinson

doi:10.1183/20734735.0007-2022

Persistent pleuritic chest pain in a patient with cystic fibrosis

Breathe (Sheff). 2022 Jun;18(2):220007. doi: 10.1183/20734735.0007-2022. Epub 2022 Jul 12.

Authors

Stefanie Louey¹, Shivanthan Shanthikumar^{1

2

3}, Moya Vandeleur^{1

2

3}, Amanda Gwee^{2

3

4}, Phil Robinson^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
² Dept of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴ Infectious Diseases, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Abstract

Pleural effusion is rare in cystic fibrosis. Infection leading to pleural effusion is likely to be polymicrobial, including contributory fungal infection; microbiology of pleural fluid is commonly discordant with sputum. https://bit.ly/3MJXrhk.

Publication types

Case Reports