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Case Reports
. 2016 Apr 13;105(8):463-6.
doi: 10.1024/1661-8157/a002323.

[Community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly]

[Article in German]
Julia Füri  1 , Andreas Oestmann  1 , Fernand Repond  1
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Case Reports

[Community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly]

[Article in German]
Julia Füri et al. Praxis (Bern 1994). .

Abstract

We report the case of a 88 years old patient with cough and new onset confusion. Delirium was caused by a necrotizing Methicillin-sensible staphylococcus aureus pneumonia with bacteremia. Despite antibiotic therapy for several weeks and fall of inflammatory markers the patient died from consequences of delirium.

Keywords: Lungenabszess; Methicillin-sensibler Staphylokokkus aureus (MSSA); ambulant erworbene Pneumonie (CAP); community-acquired pneumonia (CAP); lung abscess; methicillin-sensitive staphylococcus aureus (MSSA).

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