Volume 11, Number 8, August 2005

Williamsia muralis Pulmonary Infection

Maria del Mar Tomas,* Rita Moure,* Juan Antonio Saez Nieto,† Salvador Fojon,* Ana Fernandez,* Maria Diaz,* Rosa Villanueva,* and German Bou*
*Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Juan Canalejo, La Coruña, Spain; and †Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, ISCIII, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

Figure. Chest radiograph of the patient showing bilateral alveolar infiltrates. Although pulmonary edema was the initial diagnosis, an infectious cause should be considered and, on the basis of sepsis, appropriate treatment initiated.

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