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The first chest CT scan of the patient when she was sent to the emergency.
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Chest CT showed mild dilation in the right middle lobe, the right lower lobe, and the left lower lobe (Figure 1).
Bacteria colony of Pandoraea species cultured on Columbia blood plate for 48 hours.
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Four days later, her first blood culture reports revealed the presence of bacterial Pandoraea species (Figure 2).
Wound situation of the patient before and after treatment. (A) Skin wound of the lower back; (B) skin wound of the right thigh; (C and D) Skin wound of the lower back after 2-months' treatment.
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After 14 days of treatment with appropriate anti-infection and wound care, the patient's condition improved with a normal body temperature, a normal CRP of 6.0mg/L, a normal PCT of 0.11ng/mL, and scanty wound exudation (Figure 3).
The treatment timeline showed clinical manifestations, significant examination results, and related antibiotic treatments of the case.
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The clinical manifestations, significant examination results, and related antibiotic treatments have been presented as a timeline (Figure 4).