An unusual non-resolving community-acquired pneumonia
We present the case of a 61-year-old male that was admitted to our Unit of Pulmonology for a suspected community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. However, despite many courses of empiric wide spectrum antibiotic treatment, the respiratory failure persisted and new b...
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oai:doaj.org-article:66de7e2a0cf846f886592ad2ba68fa892021-11-18T08:51:22ZAn unusual non-resolving community-acquired pneumonia1828-655010.13129/1828-6550/APMB.109.2.2021.CCS1https://doaj.org/article/66de7e2a0cf846f886592ad2ba68fa892021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/APMB/article/view/3207https://doaj.org/toc/1828-6550We present the case of a 61-year-old male that was admitted to our Unit of Pulmonology for a suspected community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. However, despite many courses of empiric wide spectrum antibiotic treatment, the respiratory failure persisted and new bilateral migratory pulmonary opacities and serosal effusions appeared. The most common causes of non-resolving CAP were excluded and the combination of thrombocytopenia, autoimmune hemolysis, pleural and pericardial effusions in a patient with antinuclear antibodies ANA at a titer of 1:160 is diagnostic for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)Andrea ZappalàSilvia PuglisiIlaria Di CataldoAlessio TrombettaAlessio TrombettaFederica Lo BelloAlfio ProiettoIrene CoppolinoVenerino PolettiGaetano CaramoriAccademia Peloritana dei Pericolantiarticlenon-resolving pneumonia, autoimmune pneumonia, organizing pneumonia, systemic lupus erythematosus, acute lupic pneumonitis.MedicineRBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENAtti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Scienze Medico-Biologiche, Vol 109, Iss 2, Pp 1-6 (2021) |
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non-resolving pneumonia, autoimmune pneumonia, organizing pneumonia, systemic lupus erythematosus, acute lupic pneumonitis. Medicine R Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Andrea Zappalà Silvia Puglisi Ilaria Di Cataldo Alessio Trombetta Alessio Trombetta Federica Lo Bello Alfio Proietto Irene Coppolino Venerino Poletti Gaetano Caramori An unusual non-resolving community-acquired pneumonia |
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We present the case of a 61-year-old male that was admitted to our Unit of Pulmonology for a suspected community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. However, despite many courses of empiric wide spectrum antibiotic treatment, the respiratory failure persisted and new bilateral migratory pulmonary opacities and serosal effusions appeared. The most common causes of non-resolving CAP were excluded and the combination of thrombocytopenia, autoimmune hemolysis, pleural and pericardial effusions in a patient with antinuclear antibodies ANA at a titer of 1:160 is diagnostic for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) |
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Andrea Zappalà Silvia Puglisi Ilaria Di Cataldo Alessio Trombetta Alessio Trombetta Federica Lo Bello Alfio Proietto Irene Coppolino Venerino Poletti Gaetano Caramori |
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Andrea Zappalà Silvia Puglisi Ilaria Di Cataldo Alessio Trombetta Alessio Trombetta Federica Lo Bello Alfio Proietto Irene Coppolino Venerino Poletti Gaetano Caramori |
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An unusual non-resolving community-acquired pneumonia |
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An unusual non-resolving community-acquired pneumonia |
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An unusual non-resolving community-acquired pneumonia |
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An unusual non-resolving community-acquired pneumonia |
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An unusual non-resolving community-acquired pneumonia |
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unusual non-resolving community-acquired pneumonia |
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Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti |
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