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A rare cause of cavitatory pneumonia
Radiographic findings of thick walled cavities in the lungs are typically seen in mycobacterial infections, malignant lesions, fungal infections, pulmonary vasculitis or other inflammatory lesions of the lungs. Necrotizing infections of the lungs caused by gram negative bacteria (Klebsiella, Psudomo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5030368/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27672553 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.08.011 |
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author | Harsha, N.S. Sandeepa, H.S. Hemantha Kumar, S. Prakash, B. Jayalakshmi, K. |
author_facet | Harsha, N.S. Sandeepa, H.S. Hemantha Kumar, S. Prakash, B. Jayalakshmi, K. |
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description | Radiographic findings of thick walled cavities in the lungs are typically seen in mycobacterial infections, malignant lesions, fungal infections, pulmonary vasculitis or other inflammatory lesions of the lungs. Necrotizing infections of the lungs caused by gram negative bacteria (Klebsiella, Psudomonas, Legionella) and Staphylococcus aureus may also form cavities of varying thickness, with consolidation. Escherichia coli pneumonia causing pulmonary cavities is very rare and the few cases reported are of pneumatocele formation. Here we present an unusual case of Escherichia coli infection as a rare cause of bilateral cavitating necrotizing pneumoniae, in a 67 year old male with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus. |
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spelling | pubmed-50303682016-09-26 A rare cause of cavitatory pneumonia Harsha, N.S. Sandeepa, H.S. Hemantha Kumar, S. Prakash, B. Jayalakshmi, K. Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Radiographic findings of thick walled cavities in the lungs are typically seen in mycobacterial infections, malignant lesions, fungal infections, pulmonary vasculitis or other inflammatory lesions of the lungs. Necrotizing infections of the lungs caused by gram negative bacteria (Klebsiella, Psudomonas, Legionella) and Staphylococcus aureus may also form cavities of varying thickness, with consolidation. Escherichia coli pneumonia causing pulmonary cavities is very rare and the few cases reported are of pneumatocele formation. Here we present an unusual case of Escherichia coli infection as a rare cause of bilateral cavitating necrotizing pneumoniae, in a 67 year old male with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus. Elsevier 2016-08-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5030368/ /pubmed/27672553 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.08.011 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Harsha, N.S. Sandeepa, H.S. Hemantha Kumar, S. Prakash, B. Jayalakshmi, K. A rare cause of cavitatory pneumonia |
title | A rare cause of cavitatory pneumonia |
title_full | A rare cause of cavitatory pneumonia |
title_fullStr | A rare cause of cavitatory pneumonia |
title_full_unstemmed | A rare cause of cavitatory pneumonia |
title_short | A rare cause of cavitatory pneumonia |
title_sort | rare cause of cavitatory pneumonia |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5030368/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27672553 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.08.011 |
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