Subject headings: AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS / complications; LUNG NEOPLASY / complications.

D TROP 2003;55(3):208-9An 87 years-old female with a history of heart disease who has been presenting dysnea and fever for 2 months was evaluated. A sputum bacteriological study proved positive for Aeromonas hydrophila in the context of an existing lung cancer. The study was negative for acid fast bacilli