%0 Journal Article
%T Large unilateral pleural effusion secondary to Moraxella catarrhalis infection
%A Kushal Naha
%A Ravindra Prabhu
%J Australasian Medical Journal
%D 2011
%I The Australasian Medical Journal pty ltd.
%X A 43-year-old male with chronic kidney disease onmaintenance hemodialysis presented with breathlessness,cough and right-sided abdominal pain. Examinationrevealed a large right-sided pleural effusion and subsequentthoracocentesis yielded an exudate. Although the fluidculture was sterile, sputum culture produced Moraxellacatarrhalis. Tuberculosis was ruled out by pleural fluidanalysis and pleural biopsy. Antibiotics were administeredand subsequent radiograms indicated resolution of theeffusion. This is a rare case of a large unilateral pleuraleffusion secondary to M. catarrhalis infection in a nonsmokerwith no pre-existing pulmonary pathology.
%K Kidney disease
%K pleural effusion
%K Moraxella catarrhalis
%U http://www.amj.net.au/index.php?journal=AMJ&page=article&op=viewFile&path%5B%5D=864&path%5B%5D=827