Fatal pneumonitis and septicemia after fiberoptic bronchoscopy.
This report describes the development of fatal pneumococcal pneumonia and septicemia following fiberoptic bronchoscopic examination and endobronchial biopsy of a patient with severe chronic congestive heart failure. Although a causal relationship has not been proven, the temporal sequence seems to favor this over a coincidental nosocomial infection. This case emphasizes that significant and occasionally fatal infectious complications may occur following fiberoptic bronchoscopic examination.
D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging