Successful Treatment of Fulminant Community-Acquired <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Necrotizing Pneumonia in a Previously Healthy Young Man

• DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7596
• Publication Date: 2012-09-04T22:52:32Z
• Authors: Kei Kunimasa; Tadashi Ishida; Soichiro Kimura; Maki Tanaka; Yuichi Kouyama; Shigeki Yamashita; Mitsunori Morita; Hiromasa Tachibana; Fumiaki Tokioka; Akihiro Ito; Chisato Sumi; Kazuhiro Tateda
• Keywords: Fulminant

This report presents a case of fulminant community-acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa necrotizing pneumonia in previously healthy young man, including an analysis the virulence P.aeruginosa isolated from patient. The patient was successfully treated with intensive care and antibiotic treatment. study analyzed pathogenicity strain both vivo (using mouse model) vitro biofilm production), but could not explain how otherwise man developed such severe pneumonia. Although rare pneumonia, infection should be considered patients rapidly progressive