Prolonged respiratory failure in chlamydia pneumoniae pneumonia.
We describe a 65-year-old man, who had cardiomyopathy and developed acute respiratory failure requiring ventilator treatment. Acute pneumonia caused by Chlamydia pneumoniae was diagnosed based on PCR positivity of bronchoalveolar lavage. Gas exchange did not improve in response to appropriate antibiotic therapy, and the patient died.
Machi
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Department of Internal Medicine, Keiju General Hospital, Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan.
Kazuyama
Y
Y
Kumabashiri
I
I
Matsumoto
Y
Y
Horita
Y
Y
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000150:complications*; D016993:Chlamydophila pneumoniae; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*