is a gram-negative (GN) bacillus with an opportunistic potential in immunocompromised patients. They are ubiquitary in fresh and brackish water capable of infecting healthy and immunosuppressed patients. Clinical manifestations vary in healthy hosts compared to immunocompromised patients. Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) is an infrequent clinical presentation of infection, even in immunosuppressed patients. It is also an uncommon cause of nosocomial and drowning-related pneumonia. Although a rare cause of CABP, the clinical course is fulminant with higher mortality due to lower clinical suspicion. Here, we present an immunocompromised 63-year-old Caucasian male with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) presenting with acute CABP with septic shock due to absolute neutropenia and lymphopenia.

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