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A rare case of Haemophilus parahaemolyticus pneumonia


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Devaraj, Navin Kumar and Amin Nordin, Syafinaz (2020) A rare case of Haemophilus parahaemolyticus pneumonia. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 16 (spec. 1). pp. 41-43. ISSN 1675-8544; ESSN: 2636-9346

Abstract

Pneumonia is a common lung infection. Common bacterial cause of this serious lung infection includes Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Haemophilus parahaemolyticus pneumonia is an uncommon cause of bacterial pneumonia, occurring mainly as an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients as in this case, diabetes mellitus. Therefore, this case report will look at a case of 49-year-old man who was diagnosed with this uncommon pathogen which was successfully eradicated with antibiotics. This case report will look at a case of 49 years old who was diagnosed with this uncommon pathogen which was successfully eradicated with antibiotics.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Publisher: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Keywords: Pneumonia; Haemophilus parahaemolyticus; Good clinical acumen; Uncommon
Depositing User: Mohamad Jefri Mohamed Fauzi
Date Deposited: 09 Sep 2021 21:44
Last Modified: 09 Sep 2021 21:44
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/90226
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