FULMINANT PNEUMONIA AND SEPSIS DUE TO AEROMONAS-HYDROPHILA IN AN ALCOHOL ABUSER

A 69-year-old alcoholic man with pneumonia and sepsis due to Aeromonas hydrophila is presented, He died of suffocation by a copious amount o f hemoptysis six hours after his first symptoms of abdominal pain, dia rrhea and dyspnea, Aeromonas hydrophila was isolated from blood and br onchial secretion, A fulminant form of pneumonia could develop in pati ents with predisposing underlying conditions such as alcoholism with c hronic hepatitis and diabetes mellitus. Aeromonas hydrophila pneumonia may be characterized by hemoptysis and rapid clinical deterioration w ith a high mortality rate.