[Cavitated lung pneumonia due to meningococcus].
Neisseria meningitidis is a common germ of the respiratory pathways which seldom produces pulmonary infection. Some established cases of pneumonia by meningococcus and, exceptionally, of complications like the empyema, have been described. However, just one case of cavitated pneumonia by N. meningitidis has been described in the medical literature. We present a case of pneumonia with cavitation produced by N. meningitidis, which was diagnosed through fibrobronchoscopy with transbronchial biopsy. This observation is of very high clinical interest, because N. meningitidis is a pathogenic agent which is not taken into account for the differential diagnosis of cavitated pneumonias.
Arrate
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Servicio de Neumología, Hospital de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid.
Jiménez
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ML
Aguilar
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González
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A
Ancochea
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J
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*
Neumonía cavitada por meningococo.