Community-Acquired Cavitary Pseudomonas Pneumonia Linked to Use of a Home Humidifier

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that rarely causes pneumonia in otherwise healthy patients. We describe a case of community-acquired P. aeruginosa pneumonia in a previously healthy individual who likely acquired the infection from a home humidifier.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Woods, Eric, Cohen, Gabriel, Bressman, Eric, Lin, David, Zeitouni, Nathalie E., Beckford, Colleen, Hamula, Camille, van Bakel, Harm, Sullivan, Mitchell, Altman, Deena R., Caplivski, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5763093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29527364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5474916
Descripción
Sumario:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that rarely causes pneumonia in otherwise healthy patients. We describe a case of community-acquired P. aeruginosa pneumonia in a previously healthy individual who likely acquired the infection from a home humidifier.

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