From: Persistent hiccups as a rare presenting symptom of empyema: a case report
 | Age | Gender | Comorbidity | Infection side | Clinical presentations | Pathogen identified | Outcome | ||
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Fever | Cough | Hiccups | |||||||
Our patient | 69 | Male | Smoker | LLL | + | - | + | Streptococcus intermedius | Survived |
Brikman S, et al.[[4]] | 71 | Male | Hypertension | RLL | + | - | + | - | Survived |
Konno S, et al.[[5]] | 71 | Male | Alcoholism | RLL | + | - | + | Legionellosis | Survived |
Yamazaki Y, et al.[[6]] | 75 | Male | CVA | RLL | - | - | + | - | Survived |
Rosenberger J, et al.[[7]] | 44 | Male | Kidney transplant | RLL | NA | NA | + | MRSE | Survived |
Burdette SD, et al.[[8]] | 73 | Male | NA | RLL | - | + | + | - | Survived |
Karakonstantis S, et al.[[9]] | 79 | Male | Hypertension COPD | LLL | - | + | + | - | Survived |