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A 43-year-old man presented with fever and rapid deterioration of vision in the left eye following a recent history of pneumonia and pleural effusion.
Case Report (n=1)
Case report of a 43-year-old man presenting with fever and rapid vision deterioration following a recent respiratory illness.
Alerts clinicians to possible post-pneumonia ocular complications; leaves open questions on etiology and optimal management.
Presentation of CaseA 43-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of fever and rapid deterioration of vision in the left eye.The patient had been well until six weeks earlier, when fevers, sweats, myalgias, and right-sided pleuritic chest pain developed. Three days later, a chest radiograph reportedly showed pneumonia in the right lower and middle lobes. A five-day course of azithromycin was prescribed. He felt better with treatment, but one day after the course of medication ended, he felt worse. Twenty-six days before admission, a repeated chest radiograph revealed a right-sided pleural effusion. He refused to undergo thoracentesis . . .
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Rubin et al. (2003) conducted a case report in Fever and rapid deterioration of vision in the left eye (n=1). A 43-year-old man presented with fever and rapid deterioration of vision in the left eye following a recent history of pneumonia and pleural effusion.
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