Alcoholic leukopenic pneumococcal sepsis

Alcohol abuse has been associated with an increased mortality and morbidity due to increased aspiration, delirium tremens, and seizures. The association of pneumococcal lung infections and leukopenia in the setting of alcohol abuse are rarely reported; however, when present, severe lung infections c...

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Autores principales:	Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, Khaldoon Shaheen, M Chadi Alraies
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Publicado:	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2013
Materias:	alcohol abuse leukopenia pneumonia Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c6590db09be9431b8c2be9c011a499622021-12-02T16:24:52ZAlcoholic leukopenic pneumococcal sepsis2231-07702249-446410.4103/2231-0770.114133https://doaj.org/article/c6590db09be9431b8c2be9c011a499622013-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2231-0770.114133https://doaj.org/toc/2231-0770https://doaj.org/toc/2249-4464Alcohol abuse has been associated with an increased mortality and morbidity due to increased aspiration, delirium tremens, and seizures. The association of pneumococcal lung infections and leukopenia in the setting of alcohol abuse are rarely reported; however, when present, severe lung infections can happen with severe lung injury and poor response to conventional therapy and ultimately, death. We are reporting a case of 55-year-old-man presented with shortness of breath, cough and altered mental status and eventually found with severe pneumococcal lung infection in the setting of leukopenia and long-term alcohol abuse representing alcoholic leukopenic pneumococcal sepsis syndrome.Abdul Hamid AlraiyesKhaldoon ShaheenM Chadi AlraiesThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.articlealcohol abuseleukopeniapneumoniaMedicineRENAvicenna Journal of Medicine, Vol 03, Iss 02, Pp 53-55 (2013)
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spellingShingle	alcohol abuse leukopenia pneumonia Medicine R Abdul Hamid Alraiyes Khaldoon Shaheen M Chadi Alraies Alcoholic leukopenic pneumococcal sepsis
description	Alcohol abuse has been associated with an increased mortality and morbidity due to increased aspiration, delirium tremens, and seizures. The association of pneumococcal lung infections and leukopenia in the setting of alcohol abuse are rarely reported; however, when present, severe lung infections can happen with severe lung injury and poor response to conventional therapy and ultimately, death. We are reporting a case of 55-year-old-man presented with shortness of breath, cough and altered mental status and eventually found with severe pneumococcal lung infection in the setting of leukopenia and long-term alcohol abuse representing alcoholic leukopenic pneumococcal sepsis syndrome.
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author	Abdul Hamid Alraiyes Khaldoon Shaheen M Chadi Alraies
author_facet	Abdul Hamid Alraiyes Khaldoon Shaheen M Chadi Alraies
author_sort	Abdul Hamid Alraiyes
title	Alcoholic leukopenic pneumococcal sepsis
title_short	Alcoholic leukopenic pneumococcal sepsis
title_full	Alcoholic leukopenic pneumococcal sepsis
title_fullStr	Alcoholic leukopenic pneumococcal sepsis
title_full_unstemmed	Alcoholic leukopenic pneumococcal sepsis
title_sort	alcoholic leukopenic pneumococcal sepsis
publisher	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
publishDate	2013
url	https://doaj.org/article/c6590db09be9431b8c2be9c011a49962
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Alcoholic leukopenic pneumococcal sepsis

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