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Case Reports
. 2018 Apr 9:24:44-45.
doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.04.004. eCollection 2018.

S. maltophilia pneumonia: A case report

Mauro Geller  1   2   3 , Carlos Pereira Nunes  1   3 , Lisa Oliveira  2 , Rafael Nigri  3
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Case Reports

S. maltophilia pneumonia: A case report

Mauro Geller et al. Respir Med Case Rep. .

Abstract

Case report of Community-acquired pneumonia in a male patient without co-morbidities. Empiric antibiotic treatment did not resolve the clinical picture of productive cough, and a chest computerized tomography and sputum culture with antibiogram were performed, identifying S. maltophilia infection with sensitivity to levofloxacin and sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim. Treatment with levofloxacin (500 mg/day for 15 days) resulted in resolution of the clinical picture.

Keywords: Antibiotic therapy; Culture and antibiogram; Pneumonia; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.

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Fig. 1
CT image showing centrilobular nodular opacities in the left lower lobe and facial glass nodular opacities in the apicoposterior segment of the upper left lobe. Small, sparse non-calcified nodular opacities <0.03cm present bilaterally.
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Fig. 2
CT image showing opacity in a fibroatelectasic range in the medial segment of the middle lobe.
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