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Chest, Vol 83, 598-601, Copyright © 1983 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Adult respiratory distress syndrome as a cause of death in pneumococcal pneumonia. Report of ten cases

SM Fruchtman, ME Gombert and HA Lyons

The Pneumococcus continues to be a common cause of infectious pneumonia; however, the cause of death in pneumococcal disease remains obscure. Ten patients are described who developed the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) secondary to pneumococcal pneumonia. The patients are young (median age, 33 years) and leukopenic (median white blood cell count, 2.1 cells/cu mm) and have a mortality of 50 percent (five patients). It is postulated that pulmonary sequestration of leukocytes may play a role in the pathogenesis of ARDS secondary to pneumococcal disease. Four different pneumococcal capsular subtypes (9V [68]; 9A [33]; 4; 3) were found capable of causing ARDS. The currently available pneumococcal vaccine does not contain two of the capsular subtypes associated with ARDS.


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