Acute necrotizing pneumonia caused by Enterobacter cloacae.
We have described a 55-year-old man with fever, productive cough, and a right upper lobe infiltrate, which subsequently cavitated. Cultures of bronchial secretions obtained by bronchoscopic protected brush catheter technique revealed Enterobacter cloacae, a previously unreported cause of acute necrotizing pneumonia.
Broughton
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Department of Medicine, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile 36617.
Kirkpatrick
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D000208:Acute Disease; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology