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Pneumonia with Bacteraemia Due to Escherichia Coli
Author(s) -
Packham D. R.,
Sorrell T. C.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1981.tb03545.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , escherichia coli , antimicrobial , aspiration pneumonia , genitourinary system , bacteremia , disease , intensive care medicine , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , biochemistry , gene
Pneumonia due to Escherichia coli (E. coli) has a reported mortality of up to 70 per cent. Most infections are associated with underlying disease, and follow bacteraemia from a genitourinary or gastrointestinal source . This report describes two patients with bacteraemic E. coli pneumonia, presumed secondary to aspiration of E. coli from the oropharynx. Both patients presented a rapidly progressive illness with hypotension. Response of the pneumonia to early, appropriate antimicrobial therapy, was complete . Our cases are discussed with particular reference to clinical features of the infection and choice of antimicrobial therapy .