Rapidly progressive pneumonia due to Aeromonas hydrophila shortly after near-drowning

Intern Med. 2000 Dec;39(12):1128-30. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.1128.

Abstract

An 87-year-old woman died of rapidly progressive pneumonia due to Aeromonas hydrophila shortly after a near-drowning event. Autopsy showed necrotizing pneumonia and postmortem cultures of both blood and lung revealed the organism. Fulminant pneumonia should be considered in patients of a near-drowning event.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aeromonas hydrophila / isolation & purification*
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antibiotic Prophylaxis
  • Disease Progression
  • Disease Susceptibility
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / etiology*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Near Drowning / complications*
  • Pneumonia, Aspiration / etiology
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / etiology*
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Pulmonary Edema / etiology
  • Water Microbiology