Pulmonary empyema in a patient with schizophrenia and poor dentition

Hongru Ren1, Andrew Walkty1, Biniam Kidane2

  • 1Departments of Internal Medicine (Ren) and Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Walkty), Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba; Shared Health (Walkty); Section of Thoracic Surgery (Kidane), Department of Surgery, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences and Department of Community Health Sciences (Kidane), University of Manitoba; Cancer Care Manitoba Research Institute (Kidane), Winnipeg, Man.

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