Virulent Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia in an immunocompetent adult associated with a home whirlpool bath: A case report

Virulent Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia in an immunocompetent adult associated with a home whirlpool bath: A case report

We present a case of life-threatening pneumonia caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) in a healthy 67-year-old man. Rapid disseminated infection resulted in the right hemorrhagic pneumonia and bacteremia. Antimicrobial therapy had limited effects, radical pneumonectomy eventually resolved...

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Main Authors: Yasumaro Fujiki, Naoko Mato, Shinya Watanabe, Tomoki Shibano, Ken Tonai, Kento Takahashi, Tatsuya Saito, Akiko Okuyama, Ayako Takigami, Masashi Bando, Takuji Suzuki, Longzhu Cui, Koichi Hagiwara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Subjects:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa)
Whirlpool bath
Multi-locus sequence typing (MLST)
Exoenzyme S (exoS) gene
Exo S
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007122000958

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