Incomplete Treatment of Neonatal Pneumonia Causing Giant Pneumatocele in a 45-Day Infant

Abstract

We report the case of giant pneumatocele due to an incomplete treatment of neonatal pneumonia in a 45-day infant. Two pneumatoceles were formed in the seventh day of pneumonia previously treated for 2 days, and none of them was under tension; however, the size gradually increased. The patient remained asymptomatic. All cultures taken failed to isolate the causing bacteria. Intravenous antibiotics resulted in a successful treatment. The purpose of this case is to highlight the importance of adequate treatment when neonatal pneumonia is highly suspected with normal radiological findings, to search for pneumatoceles as a complication of inadequately treated pneumonia and to rule out congenital malformations in case of pulmonary cyst.




Int J Clin Pediatr. 2017;6(1-2):24-27
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/ijcp265w