PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Em Ward
AU  - John Rog
TI  - Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia Mimicking Community-Acquired Pneumonia
AID  - 10.3122/15572625-11-1-41
DP  - 1998 Jan 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Practice
PG  - 41--45
VI  - 11
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/11/1/41.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/11/1/41.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med1998 Jan 01; 11
AB  - Background: Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia is a rare disease that mimics infectious pneumonia. Most patients respond well to corticosteroid therapy. Methods: We report a single case and findings from an English language literature search of MEDLINE using key words “bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia.” Results and Conclusions: Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia should be considered when a patient with pneumonia does not respond to antibiotics and has multiple patchy infiltrates and characteristic bronchoalveolar lavage patterns. A tissue sample is required for definitive diagnosis. Infection by a multiresistant organism can occur with multiple antibiotic therapy and concomitant use of corticosteroids, particularly when no initial infecting organism is identified.