Eosinophilic lung disease as a sequela of MSSA pneumonia.
Syed Muhammad ZubairMuhammad Zaid Hamid HussainAli Bin Sarwar ZubairiPublished in: BMJ case reports (2021)
Eosinophilic lung diseases are a rare group of lung disorders with multiple known and unknown aetiologies and the diagnosis is often challenging. We present a case of a young man who was admitted with pneumonia due to methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and was discharged on antibiotics. He presented to the emergency department approximately 2 weeks after discharge with high-grade fever, cough and shortness of breath associated with serum and bronchoalveolar lavage eosinophilia. He was then treated with steroids with complete resolution of disease process.
Keyphrases
- staphylococcus aureus
- high grade
- emergency department
- low grade
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- chronic rhinosinusitis
- biofilm formation
- community acquired pneumonia
- respiratory failure
- single molecule
- middle aged
- intensive care unit
- gestational age
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- preterm birth
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- drug induced