Necrotizing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Lung cavities are not typically associated with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). CAP due to P. aeruginosa is rare and even less commonly causes necrotizing pneumonia. We report a case of P. aeruginosa CAP that progressed to necrotizing pneumonia and was eventually fatal. Procalcitonin (PCT) has b...

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Autores principales: Maharaj, Satish, Isache, Carmen, Seegobin, Karan, Chang, Simone, Nelson, Grant
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5449726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28596927
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1717492

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5449726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28596927
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1717492

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