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

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.

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Veröffentlicht in:Case reports in infectious diseases 2017-01, Vol.2017 (2017), p.1-4
Hauptverfasser: Altman, Deena R., Caplivski, Daniel, Sullivan, Mitchell, Hamula, Camille, Beckford, Colleen, Zeitouni, Nathalie E., Lin, David, Bressman, Eric, Cohen, Gabriel M., Woods, Eric C., van Bakel, Harm
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Sprache:eng
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Antibiotics
Antigens
Case Report
Case reports
Family medical history
Genomes
Genomics
Indoor air quality
Infections
Infectious diseases
Medicine
Pathogens
Pneumonia
Urine
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:2090-6625
2090-6633
DOI:10.1155/2017/5474916