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Chest X-ray at admission.
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Thoracic chest tube drainage with purulent pleural fluid.
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A thoracic chest tube (8Fr) was inserted, with immediate drainage of 450 mL of purulent fluid (Fig. 3).
Chest CT axial images (a, b) lung window after treatment.
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The patient was discharged, after seven weeks of antibiotic therapy, with negative blood cultures and significant imaging improvement (Fig. 4).