title: Serratia pneumonia presenting as hemoptysis in a patient with sarcoidosis: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Serratia marcescens is a Gram-negative bacillus which belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae. It is a facultative anaerobe and produces red pigment at room temperature. It naturally occurs in soil and water as well as the intestines, and it is responsible for nosocomial infections. There have been few reports about community acquired pneumonia of Serratia.
  
  
  METHODS
  This report presents a 37-year-old man with hemoptysis, fever, and shortness of breath. The clinical and laboratory examinations revealed that the patient had pseudohemoptysis due to S. marcescens pneumonia, on an immunocompromised pattern, because of the coexistence of sarcoidosis (stage 1).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Appropriate antibiotic therapy for Serratia was administered, and the patient's symptoms regressed. The patient is healthy and asymptomatic after 1-year follow-up. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of a pseudohemoptysis in a patient with pulmonary sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Department, "G. Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zarogoulidis
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Porpodis
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Konoglou
authors.forename: Maria
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authors.lastname: Saroglou
authors.forename: Alexandros
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authors.lastname: Mitrakas
authors.forename: Dimitrios
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authors.lastname: Archontogeorgis
authors.forename: Andrew
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authors.lastname: Koulelidis
authors.forename: Konstantinos
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authors.lastname: Zarogoulidis
authors.forename: Stavros
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authors.lastname: Tryfon