LMP299Y1 Lecture Notes - Myocardial Infarction, Opportunistic Infection, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
16 Dec 2013
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Symptoms of lymphoma; underwent treatment; as result of treatment, good response, mass disappeared; developed generalized nausea, vomiting; er visit, where lob consolidation where air space filled with fluid as seen on x-ray; developed respiratory failure; death. Microscopic section make out the alveolar walls; most air spaces filled with blood; blood has albumin and fibrin that coagulates once blood reaches extravascular tissues. Higher magnification gram stain microorganiss throughout the lungs rod shaped, consistent with pseudomonas. Invading the walls of the vessels, accounting for hemorrhage. Patient was immunosuppressed as result of therapy for his therapy of lymphoma patient able to mount inflammatory response that would readily control this infection at the early stages. Aquatic environments hospitals are cesspools of infection ill patients shed their bacteria; and where they can survive, they will survive there anywhere in hospital; especially places where have water.
