Necrotizing Pneumonitis Due to the Pseudomonad Eugonic Oxidizer — Group I

Abstract

A PREVIOUSLY healthy young man had a severe, necrotizing pneumonitis caused by the gram-negative bacillus "Eugonic Oxidizer, Group I" (EO-I). To our knowledge, this organism has not been described as a significant pathogen, despite its recovery more than 130 times from clinical specimens submitted to the Communicable Diseases Center.1 Case ReportThis 18-year-old lifetime resident of Oregon had malaise, hectic fever and severe, dry cough after 3 weeks of work cleaning air conditioners in Texas. During the next month he lost 13.6 kg (30 pounds) in weight, and increasing infiltration of the left lung occurred.On admission he was pale, . . .