Pseudomonas Pneumonia Associated With Use of a Home Whirlpool Spa

摘要: PSEUDOMONASpneumonia is characteristically a hospital-acquired infection in patients with serious underlying disease or impaired host defense mechanisms.1-3The appearance of this pneumonia previously healthy person residing community setting rare. Only 2% normal adult population harborPseudomonas aeruginosain their pharynx, the organisms being present very small numbers.4Two three persons who have been described detail were bacteremic.5-7The source organism was never determined either patient. The pulmonary third patient apparently arose from pharyngeal flora that had altered by administration several courses antibiotics for mild respiratory tract infection.7An acute, nonbacteremicPseudomonaspneumonia developed man acquired during use home whirlpool spa. Report Case A 47-year-old experienced