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Ventilator-associated cavitary pneumonia after lung contusion: a case report
Alireza Rahat Dahmardeh1, Aliakbar Keykha2,3
1Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
Background And Aim:
Ventilator-associated cavitary pneumonia is common with Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Escherichia coli-associated cavitary pneumonia is a rare condition primarily observed in immunocompromised patients.
Case Presentation:
This report details a case of ventilator-associated cavitary pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli in a 27-year-old man of Iranian Baluch ethnicity who developed pulmonary contusion and subdural/subarachnoid hemorrhage after trauma.
Conclusion:
E. coli is an emerging cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia and should be included in the differential diagnosis of cavitary pneumonia.
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