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http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/9079| Title: | A case report of a 16-year-old male with extrapulmonary tuberculosis presenting as multiloculated mediastinal, pleural, and paravertebral fluid collections with chest pain, Eldoret, Kenya |
| Authors: | Maleche, Maureen Aleyo Sirera, Betty Kennedy, Masika Keitany, Kibbet Kobor Oduor, Chrispine Diero, Lameck |
| Keywords: | Extrapulmonary tuberculosis Multiloculated pleural effusion Pleural effusion Pleural tuberculosis Ttuberculosis |
| Issue Date: | 5-Jun-2023 |
| Publisher: | WILEY |
| Abstract: | We present a case report of an immunocompetent African young man who pre- sented with persistent chest pain and fever, and was diagnosed with extrapulmo- nary tuberculosis (EPTB) following chest CT scan, pleural biopsy histopathology examination, and Ziehl–Neelsen (ZN) staining, and pleural fluid Gene Xpert studies. |
| URI: | . doi:10.1002/14651858.CD002312.pub3 http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/9079 |
| Appears in Collections: | School of Medicine |
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