A man with currant jelly sputum].

Emilie C Rijnink, Suzanne Q van Veen, Thomas A Ruys

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde 2021 Oct 25

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A 40-year-old man presented with acute respiratory distress and a productive cough in the past three days with 'currant jelly' sputum. X-ray showed a right upper lobe infiltrate. Culture of sputum showed Klebsiella pneumoniae, consistent with 'Friedländer' pneumonia. The patient was treated with antibiotics but died after a complicated course.