title: Successful extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support for fulminant community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia.
abstract: A case is described of fulminant community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia in a 16 year old girl with no previous history of respiratory disease or any predisposing factors. She required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) until the diagnosis could be made and appropriate antibiotic therapy established.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Infirmary NHS Trust, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Codispoti
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sanger
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Mankad
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000209:etiology; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*