Empyema with pleuropulmonary mucormycosis.
Pleuropulmonary mucormycosis is relatively rare disease and that too localised disease is very rare but has got better prognosis. Maintaining a high level of suspicion is important in right clinical setting with pleuropulmonary involvement that fails to antibacterial agent either clinically or radiologically.
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D001706:Biopsy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy