Fulminant psudeumonas pneumonia following coronary artery bypass grafting - Case report

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and importance

Pneumonia has always been a source of complication after surgeries. Pseudomonas aeruginosa has emerged as one of the most problematic Gram-negative pathogens among nosocomial infections. Pneumonia caused by pseudomonas is usually slowly progressive allowing clinicians to detect and manage it on time.

Clinical presentation

A 55-year-old man was hospitalized for elective CABG, complicated by fulminant pneumonia. Vancomycin and meropenem were adminestered as soon as the symptoms appeared. However, the patient died from septic shock syndrome caused by pseudomonas pneumonia on the third postoperative day, just hours after the first symptom appeared. The chest X-ray showed an extreme opacity within less than 12 h.

Clinical discussion

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SUBMITTER: Sakhaei D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9720435 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature