Authors
Mohammed Haneef, MD (med), PGDIIS (Diab), Consultant Physician – Diabetologist, Koyili Hospital, Kannur, Kerala 670004
Abstract
Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a common and serious illness with a high morbidity and mortality despite potent antibiotics. Pneumonia is a microbial infection involving lung parenchyma
Case Study: In this paper a community acquired pneumonia case of a 38 old lady is reported. Since this patient had evidence of UTI at the time of admission, and same organism was grown in urine, sputum and blood, the cause of pneumonia is bacteremic rather than hospital acquired. Most of the available reports describes occurrence of E. coli pneumonia in immunocompromised patients. This patient probably had increased susceptibility to bacteremia as she was on a short course of steroids for her back pain.
Keywords: Community acquired pneumonia, Escherichia coli, Urinary tract infection