title: Acute necrotizing pneumonia caused by Enterobacter cloacae.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile 36617.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Broughton
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Kirkpatrick
mesh_terms: 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