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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2025

When a sore throat turns into deadly multiple serous cavity effusions: the role of

Fangqi Zhang, Juan-Li Wang, Jian Zhu, Shaokui Si, Hao Guo, Xiang Yue, Wei Wen

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Fangqi Zhang *Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The 987th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of People's Liberation Army, Baoji, China.
Juan-Li Wang *Department of Child Healthcare, The Third Hospital of Wuhan, Wuhan, China.
Jian Zhu *Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, General Hospital of Central Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army, Wuhan, China.
Shaokui SiDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The 987th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of People's Liberation Army, Baoji, China.
Hao GuoDepartment of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, The 987th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of People's Liberation Army, Baoji, China.
Xiang YueDepartment of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, The 987th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of People's Liberation Army, Baoji, China.
Wei WenDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe infections that develop rapidly from ordinary symptoms not only increase patient misunderstandings but also lead to excessive detection of these symptoms by physicians. This case study describes a 19-year-old male individual who initially presented with a sore throat and subsequently developed multiple serous cavity effusions that lead to septic pulmonary embolism and septic shock. After multiple cultures of the patient's sputum yielded no identifiable pathogenic bacteria, the metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) revealed

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case reportnecrotizing mediastinitispolyserous effusionsPrevotellasore throat

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PMID39944485
PMCPMC11813747

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