Open AccessThe subacute onset of a bilateral interstitial pneumonia
Author(s) -
Roberta Re
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical management issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2283-3137
pISSN - 1973-4832
DOI - 10.7175/cmi.v5i2s.1108
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , interstitial pneumonia , pneumonia , antithrombotic , complication , respiratory failure , acute respiratory failure , antibiotic therapy , respiratory system , antibiotics , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , lung , mechanical ventilation , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
We report the case of a patient who presents subacute onset of interstitial pneumonia with rapidly progressive respiratory failure, sepsis and acute thrombotic complication. The diagnosis of the underlying pathology, the HIV infection, is made at the fifth day of hospitalisation, while the BAL allows also the detection of Pneumocistis jiroveci and CMV. Here we discuss the importance of an early diagnosis and the management of antibiotic and antithrombotic therapy in this kind of patients.