A 58-Year-Old Woman With Pneumonia and Gram-Negative Diplococci.

A 58-Year-Old Woman With Pneumonia and Gram-Negative Diplococci. Chest. 2017 Oct;152(4):e95-e97 Authors: Famularo G, Sordillo P, Stasolla A, Parisi MG Abstract CASE PRESENTATION: A 58-year-old woman with COPD, cor pulmonale, diabetes, and hypertension had a productive cough of greenish and purulent sputum, low-grade fever, and shortness of breath. Medications were metformin, losartan, cholecalciferol, folic acid, a multivitamin, fluticasone by inhalation, and, as needed, ipratropium by inhalation. She lived alone and worked as a physician, had received that year's seasonal influenza vaccine, was a heavy smoker, did not drink alcohol or use illicit drugs, and had no personal or family history of allergy and autoimmunity. PMID: 28991556 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chest - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Chest Source Type: research