CHSJ

Curr Health Sci J, vol. 40, no. 3, 2014

Acute Trenant Pneumonia of Possible Bacterial Etiology

[Case Reports]

AURELIA ENESCU(1), CORINA DOVAN(2), F. PETRESCU(1), ANCA STEFANIA ENESCU(3), MARIA BALASOIU(4), ALINA CAPITANESCU(3)


(1)Internal Medicine Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova,
(2)Pneumology Department, Emergency County Clinical Hospital Craiova,
(3)ENT Department, Emergency County Clinical Hospital Craiova,
(4)Microbiology Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova


Abstract:

A 48 years old, smoker (20 cigarettes/day), without known personal pulmonary antecedents, is presented in the emergency service accusing: dry cough, fever (38,8?C), chills, dyspnea at medium efforts, dizziness, symptoms occurred 4 days ago and gradually accelerated. Following the paraclinical tests two possible major differential diagnoses take shape: bacterial pneumonia and lung cancer. For the diagnosis of pneumonia pleads clinical appearance (fever, chills, cough) and the results of radiological examination. The diagnosis of bronchopulmonary tumor is denied by bronchoscopy, the PBTT which doesn’t reveal tumor cells and clinically well evolution. The case is interpreted as a form of trenant bacterial pneumonia in slow resorption - for this pleads the favorable clinical and radiological evolution, broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy, balancing electrolyte.


Keywords: pneumonia, trenant, bronchoscopy



Corresponding: Aurelia Enescu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 2 Petru Rares St., Craiova, Romania;e-mail: ancaenescus@yahoo.com


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.40.03.12 - Download PDF
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