Septic Pulmonary Embolism

Abstract

Septic pulmonary embolism (SPE) is an infective pulmonary disease that develops secondary to any source of infection and presents with signs and symptoms such as pulmonary infiltrates, fever, chest pain, and cough. SPE can be defined as a thrombus containing microorganisms embedded in fibrin that moves from an infectious focus and settles in pulmonary arteries. It usually causes multiple or bilateral nodular, cavitary, or wedge-shaped infiltrates, usually settled in the peripheral and neighborhood vessels of lung parenchyma. A patient diagnosed with SPE is presented as a case study in the literature since it is a rare condition. ABSTRACT DOI: 10.14744/scie.2015.62347 South. Clin. Ist. Euras. 2017;28(1):57-60