“…The rest of the examination evidenced no alterations. Laboratory test results were as follows: 3,260,000 erythocytes/mm 3 ; hematocrit, 28%; hemoglobin, 9.6 g/dL; 11,130 leukocytes/mm 3 ; rods, 5%; segmented, 64%; eosinophils, 0%; lymphocytes, 10%; The pulmonary clinical profile can be acute, subacute or chronic in evolution, (3,5,9) and the principal symptoms are dyspnea, productive cough and fever. (2,8,9) In the case reported here, the patient presented a profile of dyspnea and fever, in addition to cough with purulent sputum, night sweats and severe prostration, with subsequent worsening of the dyspnea.…”