https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2023.2683
Fungal pneumonia concealing bacterial pneumonia: a diagnostic dilemma
Submitted: June 26, 2023
Accepted: August 1, 2023
Published: September 4, 2023
Accepted: August 1, 2023
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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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