Mixed pneumonic plague and nosocomial MDR-bacterial infection of lung: a rare case report.

BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Voahangy AndrianaivoarimananaMinoarisoa Rajerison

Abstract

Plague is a life-threatening disease caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis. Madagascar is the leading country for human plague cases worldwide. Human plague is a serious disease, particularly in its septicaemic and pneumonic forms. We report a case of pneumonic plague co-infected by a MDR-Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. A 24 year-old man originated from Soavinandriana, a plague focus, felt uneasy and developed high fever with chills. He started treatment by himself, by private medical care and by a traditional healer for nine days moving several times from place to place. His condition had deteriorated when he presented to a district hospital with a syndrome of dyspnea, bronchial rale and altered state of consciousness. Two days later, plague diagnosis, performed as a last resort, revealed a positive F1 antigen on rapid diagnostic test. Additional tests (pla PCR and plague serology) evidenced a Y. pestis infection. However, streptomycin treatment did not achieve a complete recovery as the course of disease was complicated by the presence of MDR-S. maltophilia in his lung. This opportunistic infection could have been favored by an immunosuppression due to Y. pestis pulmonary infection and probably been acquired during his stay ...Continue Reading

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Jan 23, 2019·Emerging Infectious Diseases·Voahangy AndrianaivoarimananaMinoarisoa Rajerison
Nov 12, 2020·BMC Infectious Diseases·Voahangy AndrianaivoarimananaMinoarisoa Rajerison

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