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Fatal lipoid pneumonia in an infant complicated by Mycobacterium fortuitum infection
S H Annobil1, G A Jamjoom, R Bobo
1Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Tropical and Geographical Medicine
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
We report a fatal case of lipoid pneumonia in a two and one half month old Saudi female caused by aspiration of animal fat, ghee and complicated by Mycobacterium fortuitum infection. It highlights the need to look for M. fortuitum in lipoid pneumonia and suggests the prevention of the condition through health education.