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Allen Widysanto1,2, Maranatha Liem2, Karina Dian Puspita2
1Department of Respiratory Medicine Siloam Hospital Lippo Village Tangerang Indonesia.
Abstract:
We report the case of a 53-year-old male that presented to our hospital with a history of a brain tumour. He was hospitalized 10 days prior in another hospital. Before surgery, he complained of mild cough. Routine chest radiography demonstrated right upper lobe consolidation which was diagnosed as hospital-acquired pneumonia. Broad-spectrum empirical antimicrobial was initiated. After surgery, his clinical condition deteriorated and he felt breathlessness. Chest radiography and computed tomography (CT) scan without contrast revealed necrotizing and cavitating pneumonia complicated by bronchopleural fistula (BPF) and hydropneumothorax. Sputum culture revealed infection of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDRAB). Despite optimal antibiotic therapy, BPF and hydropneumothorax failed to resolve and surgical approach was performed to debride the necrotic area and seal the fistula. After a month in the hospital, he was discharged and the serial chest X-ray showed good recovery of the lung.
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