%0 Journal Article
%T Cavitary Pneumonia: A Complication of Antibiotic Noncompliance
%A Ali-Dinar
%A Tarig
%A Cotton
%A Jake L.
%A Navas-Nazario
%A Aledie
%J -
%D 2020
%R https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/5971348
%X In this report, we present a complicated case of community-acquired pneumonia in a 5-year-old boy. The patient first presented to the pulmonology clinic with the diagnosis of asthma and a recent history of recurrent pneumonia. Poor compliance to two courses of outpatient oral antibiotics resulted in persistent pneumonia symptoms with unresolved radiographic findings warranting parenteral antibiotics. Despite 2 symptom-free weeks, the patient returned to the emergency department with recurrence of symptoms where imaging revealed a cavitary lesion requiring a prolonged course of parenteral antibiotics. This report further supports the detrimental impact of partially treated infections related to poor compliance to antibiotic regimens
%U https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cripu/2020/5971348/