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A 48-year-old woman was transferred to our hospital because of non-resolving pneumonia with rapidly progressive respiratory failure.
She had no remarkable medical history or history of illicit drug use. She was admitted to her local hospital 5 days before coming to our hospital with 4 days of fever and dry cough. With a tentative diagnosis of atypical pneumonia, she was treated with intravenous minomycin (200 mg/day).
On admission (day 1), she was fully conscious and her vital signs were: temperature 37.2°C; heart rate 85 bpm; blood pressure 104/70 mm Hg; SpO2 90% on oxygen …
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Contributors TS, MS, AH and HT managed the patient. TS wrote the manuscript.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent Obtained.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.