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Year : 2014 | Volume
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Case of severe Friedlander's pneumonia with review of the literature
Prasanna K Satpathy1, Pradnya M Diggikar1, Rabindra Nath Misra2, Mukund Sudhakar Wasekar1
1 Department of Medicine, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, India 2 Department of Microbiology, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Mukund Sudhakar Wasekar Department of Medicine, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Deemed University), Pimpri, Pune - 411 018, Maharashtra India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.126365
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Friedlander's bacillus (Klebsiella pneumoniae) is among the most common Gram-negative bacteria encountered by physicians world-wide. Here, we report 31 years immunocompetent male who presented with fever, productive cough, hemoptysis, breathlessness and multi-organ failure with radiological evidence of total right upper lobe consolidation. Sputum microscopy, culture and blood culture - all confirmed Friedlander's bacillus as the etiology of this severe community acquired pneumonia with fatal outcome. |
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