Community-acquired pseudomonas pneumonia in a normal host complicated by metastatic panophthalmitis and cutaneous pustules
Quirk, J.A.; Beaman, M.H.; Blake, M.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine 20(3): 254-256
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-8291 PMID: 2372277 Document Number: 358467
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a frequent pathogen of patients with chronic underlying disease in the hospital environment. This organism is, however, an extremely rare cause of either community-acquired pneumonia in a normal host, metastatic bacterial endophthalmitis or metastatic cutaneous pustules. We report here a case combining these three rare manifestations in a previously well young woman, to highlight the serious disease that may result from this pathogen and the difficulties of treatment.