Community-acquired pseudomonas pneumonia in a normal host complicated by metastatic panophthalmitis and cutaneous pustules.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a frequent pathogen of patients with chronic underlying disease in the hospital environment. This organism is, however, an extremely rare cause of either community-acquired pneumonia in a normal host, metastatic bacterial endophthalmitis or metastatic cutaneous pustules. We report here a case combining these three rare manifestations in a previously well young woman, to highlight the serious disease that may result from this pathogen and the difficulties of treatment.
Quirk
J A
JA
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Australia.
Beaman
M H
MH
Blake
M
M
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010202:Panophthalmitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000150:complications; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology