Loading...
During the worldwide coronavirus outbreak, we should remember that many other etiologies of severe pneumonia exist. A single case report describes a patient aged 70 to 79 years with a diagnosis of combined immunodeficiency who was admitted to a hospital in Wisconsin and died of complications from septic shock 10 days later.
The patient had been treated with antibiotics for leg cellulitis and abscesses and had exhibited a recent change in mental status. On admission, the patient complained of dry cough and shortness of breath and had fever and a rash considered a reaction to antibiotics. The patient's cough became productive of dark brown sputum, and radiography showed a right upper lobe opacity not present on admission. The etiologic diagnos…