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Murine Oropharyngeal Aspiration Model of Ventilator-associated and Hospital-acquired Bacterial Pneumonia
Published on: June 28, 2018
[Recurrent pneumonia--case report and review of the literature]
M Greutmann1, B Marincek, F Follath
1Departement für Innere Medizin, Medizinische Klinik A, UniversitätsSpital Zürich. Matthias.Greutmann@usz.ch
Abstract:
We report the case of a 70-year old man with recurrent pneumonia due to aspiration from an otherwise asymptomatic small oesophageal diverticula in the mid-oesophageal region. The diagnosis was finally established by videofluoroscopy of the oesophagus after repeated bronchoscopies and CT scans in the proceeding months. After thoracoscopic removal of the diverticula the patient remained free of disease. Oesophageal diverticula as a rare cause of repeated pneumonias should be kept in mind, even though there are no symptoms of gastro-oesophageal disease.
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