Haemoptysis and an abnormal X-ray after prolonged treatment in the ICU.
We describe a case of Nocardia bronchopneumonia occurring in a patient after 5 weeks of treatment in an ICU. The clinical features were haemoptysis and fever, and an aspecific coarse nodular pattern on the chest roentgenogram. The diagnosis was made, after death, by positive blood cultures for Nocardia asteroides and autopsy showing Nocardia bronchopneumonia.
van Kralingen
K W
KW
Dept of Pulmonology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, Holland.
Hekker
T A
TA
Bril
H
H
Strack van Schijndel
R J
RJ
Postmus
P E
PE
D000368:Aged; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009616:Nocardia asteroides; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors