Sickle Cough: A Case of Nonresolving Pneumonia

A 26-year-old female graduate student with sickle-cell disease presented with fever, dyspnea, and right shoulder pain. Computed tomography of the chest demonstrated right middle and lower lobe infiltrates (Figure, A). She was diagnosed with pneumonia, acute chest syndrome, and vaso-occlusive crisis and prescribed 5 days of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Clinical Communication to the Editor Source Type: research