Chronic Indolent Community-acquired
Pneumonia due to Pseudomonas
Infection in an Immunocompetent
Patient- A Case Report
OD07-OD09
Correspondence
Prasan Kumar Panda,
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical
Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
E-mail: motherprasanna@rediffmail.com
Pseudomonas is an uncommon cause of community-acquired pneumonia in immunocompetent patients. It is an opportunistic pathogen resulting in serious infection in patients who are hospitalised, mechanically ventilated, or immunocompromised. Here, authors reported a case of 47-year-old male, forest worker without any co-morbidities presented with a history of chronic cough, fever, and shortness of breath complicated with pseudohaemoptysis for 45 days. This patient was admitted and treated as a lower respiratory tract infection. Work-up for tuberculosis, invasive fungal balls was negative but sputum culture revealed Pseudomonas aeruginosa growth. This case report demonstrates a rare Pseudomonas infection which can also cause chronic indolent respiratory illness in immunocompetent.