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Fungal pneumonia concealing bacterial pneumonia: a diagnostic dilemma

Published:2023-09-04 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:2532-5264
Container-title:Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
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Short-container-title:Monaldi Arch Chest Dis

Author:

Joseph Christie George^ORCID,Mohapatra Madhusmita Mohanty^ORCID,Rajaram Manju,Palanivel Jayabharathi^ORCID,Velappan Balasubramanian

Abstract

We describe the case of a 61-year-old diabetic man affected by Achromobacter denitrificans. He was immunocompetent and did not have any past history of chronic lung disease. The patient was treated with sensitive antibiotic meropenem 1 g three times daily. To our knowledge, only one case of A. denitrificans pneumonia has been reported from the Indian subcontinent, in an individual with underlying lung disease, and none in a healthy person.

Publisher

PAGEPress Publications

Subject

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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