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[A 76-year-old dog owner with fever and dyspnea]. / 76-jährige Hundehalterin mit Fieber und Dyspnoe.
Internist (Berl)
; 53(9): 1114-8, 2012 Sep.
Article
in German
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22743739
ABSTRACT
A 76-year-old female patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presented with dyspnea, fever and productive coughing. The chest X-ray revealed upper lobe pneumonia. Intravenous antibiotic therapy with moxifloxacine was initiated but soon afterwards the patient developed septic shock with hypotension, acute respiratory and renal failure. Pressure-controlled ventilation, continuous veno-venous hemodialysis and administration of catecholamines were initiated but the patient died 22 h after hospitalization due to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Microbiology of blood cultures revealed Pasteurella multocida which was probably transmitted through close contact with the pet dog.