Computed Tomography Findings of Community-Acquired Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia Pneumonia in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report

• Published in: Korean journal of radiology Vol. 17; no. 6; pp. 961 - 964
• Main Authors: Cha, Yoon Ki, Kim, Jeung Sook, Park, Seong Yeon, Oh, Jin Young, Kwon, Jae Hyun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) The Korean Society of Radiology 01.11.2016; 대한영상의학회
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Bone marrow; Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid - microbiology; Bronchoscopy; Case reports; Cellulitis; Cystic fibrosis; Drinking water; Drug resistance; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - diagnosis; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - drug therapy; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - microbiology; HIV; Hospitals; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Immunocompetence; Immunocompromised Host; Internal medicine; Levofloxacin - therapeutic use; Lungs; Male; Medical prognosis; Medical schools; Medicine; Middle Aged; Neutropenia; Nosocomial infections; Pathogens; Patients; Pleural effusion; Pleural Effusion - etiology; Pneumonia; Pneumonia - diagnosis; Pneumonia - microbiology; Stem cell transplantation; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia - isolation & purification; Thoracic Imaging; Tomography; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; University colleges; Urinary tract diseases; Urinary tract infections; Urogenital system; 방사선과학; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; CT; Community-acquired pneumonia; Immunocompetent host
• ISSN: 1229-6929; 2005-8330
• DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2016.17.6.961

( ) is a rare, but globally emerging gram-negative multiple-drug-resistant organism usually found in a nosocomial setting in immunocompromised patients. To our best knowledge, computed tomography (CT) features of community-acquired pneumonia have not been previously reported in an immunocompetent patient. Herein, we presented the CT findings of a previous healthy 56-year-old male with pneumonia.