2024
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqae047
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Silicosis initially presenting with empyema

C Reynolds,
C Ross,
P Cullinan
et al.

Abstract: Summary The current global outbreak of artificial stone silicosis is a recrudescence of a major occupational disease in the context of a novel exposure source. Respirable crystalline silica exposure, even without frank pneumoconiosis, is associated with an increased risk of respiratory infection. Empyema is a well-recognized complication of bacterial pneumonia; pneumonia among working-age adults, in turn, has been epidemiologically linked to occupational exposure to fumes and dust, including sil… Show more

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