A rare cause of cavitatory pneumonia

Publication date: Available online 27 August 2016 Source:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports Author(s): N.S. Harsha, H.S. Sandeepa, S. Hemantha Kumar, B. Prakash, K. Jayalakshmi Radiographic findings of thick walled cavities in the lungs are typically seen in mycobacterial infections, malignant lesions, fungal infections, pulmonary vasculitis or other inflammatory lesions of the lungs. Necrotizing infections of the lungs caused by gram negative bacteria (Klebsiella, Psudomonas, Legionella) and Staphylococcus aureus may also form cavities of varying thickness, with consolidation. Escherichia coli pneumonia causing pulmonary cavities is very rare and the few cases reported are of pneumatocele formation. Here we present an unusual case of Escherichia coli infection as a rare cause of bilateral cavitating necrotizing pneumoniae, in a 67 year old male with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Source: Respiratory Medicine Case Reports - Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research