Primary community-acquired pneumonia by Escherichia coli. Case report and review of the literature.
A two year old girl with chronic neurologic convulsive disease was admitted with a six day history of pneumonia and, despite treatment, died on hospital day 3. The X-ray revealed right upper lobar pneumonia. The results of pleural effusion and blood cultures drawn on admission yielded a non-typable Escherichia coli. No other source of infection was identified. The authors discuss the clinical and pathophysiological aspects of Escherichia coli pneumonia.
Sztajnbok
J
J
Serviço de Pediatria Clínica (PC1), Instituto da Criança do Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo.
Escobar
A M
AM
Grisi
S J
SJ
Sztajnbok
S
S
Guerra
M L
ML
Requejo
H I
HI
D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*