title: A 37-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus, systemic hypertension, and chronic kidney disease admitted with multifocal pneumonia and empyema.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. Electronic address: hugginjt@musc.edu.
authors.forename: J Terrill
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Huggins
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
authors.forename: Nithin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karakala
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kummerfeldt
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
authors.forename: Jennings
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nestor
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Pastis
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Doelken
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018619:Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D013907:Thoracostomy / Q000379:methods