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BMJ CASE REPORTS
Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-240484
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pneumonia (respiratory medicine); infectious diseases; pneumonia (infectious disease); intensive care
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We present a case of a 60-year-old immunocompetent woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who developed necrotising pneumonia caused by multiple pathogens. The patient recovered with antimicrobial therapy and supportive care in the intensive care unit.
We present the unusual case of a 60-year-old immunocompetent woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who developed a necrotising pneumonia with isolation of Cunninghamella bertholletiae, Aspergillus niger, Staphylococcus pseudintermedius and adenovirus. The patient recovered with antimicrobial therapy and supportive care in the intensive care unit. The current literature on diagnosis and treatment of these pathogens is reviewed.
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