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  • A 54-Year-Old Man With Chro...
    Kattih, Zein; Mahajan, Akhilesh; Birnbaum, Brian; Aman, Abdulrahman; Lazzaro, Richard S.; Mina, Bushra

    Chest, April 2021, 2021-04-00, 20210401, Letnik: 159, Številka: 4
    Journal Article

    A 54-year-old man sought treatment at the ED for a productive cough with green phlegm of approximately 6 months’ duration that was accompanied by a 10-pound weight loss, night sweats, and occasional subjective fevers. He had made several prior visits to the ED for the cough and was hospitalized 4 months earlier for similar symptoms, at which time he underwent a bronchoscopy with BAL and was discharged with antibiotics for presumed pneumonia. He did not report any itching, rashes, sinus infections, joint swelling, joint pain, or GI symptoms. His long-term medications included omeprazole and amlodipine. The patient had a past medical history of grade III follicular lymphoma for which he completed six cycles of bendamustine 4 years before presentation and had been in remission since. He was a never smoker, had a recent travel history to the Dominican Republic 8 months before admission, and had no recent sick contacts.