COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PSEUDOMONAS PNEUMONIA IN A NORMAL HOST COMPLICATED BY METASTATIC PANOPHTHALMITIS AND CUTANEOUS PUSTULES

被引:14
作者
QUIRK, JA [1 ]
BEAMAN, MH [1 ]
BLAKE, M [1 ]
机构
[1] SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSP,DEPT CLIN MICROBIOL,VERDUN ST,NEDLANDS,WA 6009,AUSTRALIA
来源
AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE | 1990年 / 20卷 / 03期
关键词
community‐acquired pneumonia; cutaneous pustules; metastatic panophthalmitis;
D O I
10.1111/j.1445-5994.1990.tb01033.x
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a frequent pathogen of patients with chronic underlying disease in the hospital environment. This organism is, however, an extremely rare cause of either community‐acquired pneumonia in a normal host, metastatic bacterial endophthalmitis or metastatic cutaneous pustules. We report here a case combining these three rare manifestations in a previously well young woman, to highlight the serious disease that may result from this pathogen and the difficulties of treatment. Copyright © 1990, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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页码:254 / 256
页数:3
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