Table 1. Clinical presentation and medical history of this patient outside of our hospital.

Clinical variables	June 5, 2013–June 26, 2013	June 28, 2013–July 13, 2013	August 20, 2013–September 2, 2013
Symptoms	Fever (>39 °C); nonproductive cough; chest congestion	Fever; intermittent cough	Fever (38 °C); fleeting chest pain; discomfort below xiphoid
Laboratory data†
WBC (4–10 g/L)‡	13.4 (82.7% neutrophils)	10.5 (75% neutrophils)	7.69
CRP (<8 mg/L)‡	96.0	29.2	7.27
Blood cultures	NP	NP	NP
CAT (<1:32)‡	NP	NP	1:256
Radiography†	Lobar air-space opacities in the right lower lung field (Figure 1)	Consolidation in the left upper lobe	Patchy opacification with air bronchogram in the right upper lung field and small area of ground-glass opacity in the left upper field
Treatment	Cefuroxime for 6 days	Cefepime for 2 weeks	Mezlocillin for 12 days
Outcome	Fever (fluctuating around 39 °C); WBC 12.1 g/L (85.8% neutrophils); CRP 23 mg/L; a new lesion of consolidation in the left upper lobe	Little cough; diffused nodular opacities in the left upper field	Occasional chest pain; patchy opacification in the right lower lobe

^†, results obtained on admission respectively; ^‡, normal values are in parentheses. WBC, white blood cells; CRP, C-reactive protein; NP, not performed; CAT, cold-agglutinin titer.