Rapidly Progressive Pneumonia Due to Aeromonas hydrophila Shortly after Near-drowning

Makoto MIYAKE; Kanji IGA; Chisato IZUMI; Aya MIYAGAWA; Yoichiro KOBASHI; Takashi KONISHI

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.39.1128

Rapidly Progressive Pneumonia Due to Aeromonas hydrophila Shortly after Near-drowning

Makoto MIYAKE, Kanji IGA, Chisato IZUMI, Aya MIYAGAWA, Yoichiro KOBASHI, Takashi KONISHI

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Keywords: acute respiratory distress, necrotizing pneumonia, pathology, antibiotic therapy

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2000 Volume 39 Issue 12 Pages 1128-1130

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.39.1128

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Abstract

An 87-year-old woman died of rapidly progressive pneumonia due to Aeromonas hydrophila shortly after a near-drowning event. Autopsy showed necrotizing pneumonia and postmortem cultures of both blood and lung revealed the organism. Fulminant pneumonia should be considered in patients of a near-drowning event.
(Internal Medicine 39:1128-1130, 2000)

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