Open AccessCavitary lesions emerged rapidly in Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia
Author(s) -
Kawakami Naoki,
Ohara Shin,
Namkoong Ho
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.2704
Subject(s) - pseudomonas aeruginosa , medicine , pneumonia , pathogen , opportunistic pathogen , community acquired pneumonia , microbiology and biotechnology , intensive care medicine , immunology , bacteria , biology , genetics
Pseudomonas aeruginosa should be highly considered as a causative pathogen, when patients deteriorate rapidly despite community‐acquired pathogen, and the radiological findings display a rapid emergence of cavitary lung lesions especially among patients at high risk of P aeruginosa pneumonia.