Cavitary Pneumonia: A Complication of Antibiotic Noncompliance.
Jake L CottonTarig Ali-DinarAledie Navas NazarioPublished in: Case reports in pulmonology (2020)
In this report, we present a complicated case of community-acquired pneumonia in a 5-year-old boy. The patient first presented to the pulmonology clinic with the diagnosis of asthma and a recent history of recurrent pneumonia. Poor compliance to two courses of outpatient oral antibiotics resulted in persistent pneumonia symptoms with unresolved radiographic findings warranting parenteral antibiotics. Despite 2 symptom-free weeks, the patient returned to the emergency department with recurrence of symptoms where imaging revealed a cavitary lesion requiring a prolonged course of parenteral antibiotics. This report further supports the detrimental impact of partially treated infections related to poor compliance to antibiotic regimens.
Keyphrases
- community acquired pneumonia
- emergency department
- case report
- high resolution
- primary care
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- sleep quality
- lung function
- respiratory failure
- depressive symptoms
- physical activity
- cystic fibrosis
- newly diagnosed
- photodynamic therapy
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- electronic health record
- acute respiratory distress syndrome