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An 87-year-old man was admitted to Jikei University Hospital presenting with fever and fatigue. Physical examinations revealed inspiratory coarse crackles on the left lung field. A chest CT detected a tumour-like consolidation around the thoracic aorta (figure 1A). Biochemical examinations found a high number of white blood cells and elevated C-reactive protein level, and a diagnosis of pneumonia was made. Penicillin antibiotics (ampicillin/sulbactam) were administered. Two days later, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) was detected in two sets of blood cultures. An echocardiogram showed no vegetation and a urine culture was negative. A sputum culture was unobtainable, but pneumonia was the only focus of infection for the MSSA. Penicillin antibiotics were continued, but the patient suddenly developed cardiopulmonary arrest …
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Contributors MH was responsible for the conception, design and drafting the work. JA, KN and KK were responsible for the final approval of the manuscript. All authors were involved in the multidisciplinary team consultation.
Competing interests None declared.
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