SUCCESSFUL EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE-OXYGENATION (ECMO) SUPPORT FOR FULMINANT COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA

Authors
CODISPOTI M SANGER K MANKAD PS
Citation
M. Codispoti et al., SUCCESSFUL EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE-OXYGENATION (ECMO) SUPPORT FOR FULMINANT COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA, Thorax, 50(12), 1995, pp. 1317-1319
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Thorax → ACNP
ISSN journal
00406376
Volume
50
Issue
12
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1317 - 1319
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-6376(1995)50:12<1317:SEM(SF>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A case is described of fulminant community-acquired pneumococcal pneum onia in a 16 year old girl with no previous history of respiratory dis ease or any predisposing factors. She required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) until the diagnosis could be made and appropriate antibiotic therapy established.