Open AccessPulmonary superinfection with multidrug-resistant germs in a patient with immunocompromised status
Author(s) -
Cristina Tudor,
Spitalul Universitar de Urgenţă Clinica Ati,
Raluca Petre,
Christina Chatzifilippidou,
Adrina Eleica,
Bucureşti Umf „Carol Davila“
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
romanian journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-6051
pISSN - 1454-3389
DOI - 10.37897/rjid.2016.2.8
Subject(s) - superinfection , pneumonia , multiple drug resistance , medicine , intensive care medicine , antibiotics , population , intensive care , lung , immunology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , virus , environmental health
Infection with multidrug-resistant germs occurs in certain population at risk, usually in patients admitted in intensive care and is characterized by a high mortality. This paper presents the case of a patient with immunocompromised status witch associate a community lung infection with multiresistant gram-negative bacteria pneumonia. Fast bacteriological identification of the germs involved in lung infection allowed modification of antibiotic approach and a favorable outcome.