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X ray chest showing left sided pleural effusion.
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Diagnosis of left-sided pleural effusion was made and the same was confirmed on chest x-ray [Figure 1a]. However, even after 10 days of antibiotic therapy fever was persisting and x-ray chest was still hazy; therefore, a CT thorax was done that revealed loculated pus in the left pleural cavity [Figure 1b].
CT thorax showing left sided pleural effusion
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After 6 days of further treatment, the patient became afebrile and chest X-ray improved markedly with a total of fourteen days of ofloxacin therapy [Figure 2].