Case 32-1978

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Presentation of CaseA 31-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of respiratory failure.He was well until three weeks previously, when he began to have abdominal pain. One week later fever, vomiting and a cough productive of blood-streaked, brownish sputum developed. He also complained of a sore throat and chest pain on deep breathing. Thirteen days before admission he entered another hospital because of fever, confusion, weakness and respiratory distress. An x-ray film of the chest revealed a homogeneous opacification of the left-lower-lung field. Proteinuria was found. Cultures of blood, sputum and urine yielded no pathogenic micro-organisms. Penicillin, . . .
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