https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2023.2683

Fungal pneumonia concealing bacterial pneumonia: a diagnostic dilemma

Vol. 94 No. 2 (2024)
Submitted: June 26, 2023
Accepted: August 1, 2023
Published: September 4, 2023
Achromobacter denitrificans, cavity, immunocompetent, pneumonia
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Christie George Joseph
christiegeojoseph@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6040-7687
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
Madhusmita Mohanty Mohapatra
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0172-4284
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
Manju Rajaram
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
Jayabharathi Palanivel
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6691-3759
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
Balasubramanian Velappan
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.

We describe the case of a 61-year-old diabetic man affected by Achromobacter denitrificans. He was immunocompetent and did not have any past history of chronic lung disease. The patient was treated with sensitive antibiotic meropenem 1 g, three times daily. To our knowledge, only one case of A. denitrificans pneumonia has been reported from the Indian subcontinent in an individual with underlying lung disease and none in a healthy person.

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Joseph, Christie George, Madhusmita Mohanty Mohapatra, Manju Rajaram, Jayabharathi Palanivel, and Balasubramanian Velappan. 2023. “Fungal Pneumonia Concealing Bacterial Pneumonia: A Diagnostic Dilemma”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 94 (2). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2023.2683.
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