Chicken soup rebound and relapse of pneumonia: report of a case.
A case is reported in which a previously healthy individual, having received an inadequate course of chicken soup in treatment of mild pneumococcal pneumonia, experienced a severe relapse, refractory to all medical treatment and eventually requiring thoracotomy. The pharmacology of chicken soup is reviewed and the dangers of abrupt termination of therapy are stressed.
D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000628:therapy*; D012106:Research; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic