[Aeromonas hydrophila pneumonia associated with a traffic accident. Report of a case].
The case of a patient who was driving a car after getting drunk is presented. His car turned over and he fell into an irrigation canal, and, as a result, he suffered from an incomplete drowning syndrome. He was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit with acute inflammatory pneumonia and a strain of Aeromonas hydrophila was isolated in blood. The patient's evolution was favorable. It is the first report on a case like this in our country.
Vázquez Piloto
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Hospital General Docente Comandante Pinares, San Cristobal.
González Ramírez
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Cruz Robaina
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Monté Boada
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Bravo Fariñas
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Alvarez Medina
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D016980:Aeromonas hydrophila; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015701:Near Drowning / Q000150:complications*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*
Neumonía por aeromonas hydrophila asociada a un accidente de tránsito. Reporte de un caso.