RT Journal
A1 Alexander W, Baker GL, Hunker FD
T1 BActeremia and meningitis following fiberoptic bronchoscopy
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1979
FD May 1
VO 139
IS 5
SP 580
OP 582
DO 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630420066020
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1979.03630420066020
AB Bacteremia and meningitis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae developed in a 52-year-old man 28 hours after an otherwise uncomplicated fiberoptic bronchoscopy. The patient responded to antimicrobial therapy and supportive care and later underwent pneumonectomy for carcinoma. This report reinforces previous observations that bacteremia may occasionally be associated with the performance of fiberoptic bronchoscopy.(Arch Intern Med 139:580-582, 1979)