A Fatal Fulminant Legionella Pneumonia in Which CT Findings Had Been Negative the Previous Day

Fatal Legionella maceachernii pneumonia.

Legionella maceachernii, previously isolated only from the environment, was shown to be a cause of fatal pneumonia in an immunocompromised patient.

Fatal fulminant necrotizing pneumonia: a case report

INTRODUCTION Here we present the case of a patient with fatal pulmonary histoplasmosis who presented with extensive necrotizing and cavitating pneumonia. To the best of our knowledge, this case report is the first to describe this presentation in a patient with no known immunosuppression. CASE PRESENTATION A 45-year-old Caucasian woman, a smoker from southeastern Minnesota, presented to our h...

Fœtus Which Had Been Expelled with the Membranes Entire

Fœtus Which Had Been Expelled with Membranes Entire

Autopsy findings of fatal cryptogenic organizing pneumonia.

Autopsy cases of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) have been rarely reported. A 73-year-old Japanese man consulted to a hospital because of flu-like sickness. He was diagnosed as pneumonia, and treated by antibiotics. He was referred to our hospital for further treatment. Chest X-P showed pneumonia involving the whole lungs. Blood laboratory test showed leukocytosis, increased CRP, and dec...