Acta Scientific Pharmacology

Case Report Volume 3 Issue 4

Unusual Case of Pulmonary Koach with Spontaneous Hydropneumothorax in an 18-year-old Girl

Pratiksha S Thakur*

Registered Pharmacist, Panvel, Raigad, Maharashtra, India

*Corresponding Author: Pratiksha S Thakur, Registered Pharmacist, Panvel, Raigad, Maharashtra, India.

Received: February 07, 2022 Published: March 30, 2022

Abstract

Pulmonary koach is a chronic granulomatous disease and major health problem in many developing countries. About 1/3rd of world’s population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Hydropneumothorax is an abnormal presence of air and fluid in the pleural space. In this article, I describe a case of Pulmonary koach with Spontaneous Hydropneumothorax in an 18-year-old girl.

Keywords: Pulmonary Koach; Hydropneumothorax

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Citation

Citation: Pratiksha S Thakur. “Unusual Case of Pulmonary Koach with Spontaneous Hydropneumothorax in an 18-year-old Girl". Acta Scientific Pharmacology 3.4 (2022): 24-25.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2022 Pratiksha S Thakur. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.




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