Cavitary Pneumonia: A Complication of Antibiotic Noncompliance.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Cotton, Jake L.; Ali-Dinar, Tarig; Navas-Nazario, Aledie
- Source
- Case Reports in Pulmonology. 3/16/2020, p1-5. 5p.
- Subject
- *PNEUMONIA
*NONCOMPLIANCE
*ANTIBIOTICS
*HOSPITAL emergency services
- Language
- ISSN
- 2090-6846
In this report, we present a complicated case of community-acquired pneumonia in a 5-year-old boy. The patient first presented to the pulmonology clinic with the diagnosis of asthma and a recent history of recurrent pneumonia. Poor compliance to two courses of outpatient oral antibiotics resulted in persistent pneumonia symptoms with unresolved radiographic findings warranting parenteral antibiotics. Despite 2 symptom-free weeks, the patient returned to the emergency department with recurrence of symptoms where imaging revealed a cavitary lesion requiring a prolonged course of parenteral antibiotics. This report further supports the detrimental impact of partially treated infections related to poor compliance to antibiotic regimens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]