Puzzling onsets of pneumonia sequentially after each session of bronchial thermoplasty: a case report

Background Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a novel bronchoscopic intervention for severe persistent asthma. An increase in transient respiratory adverse events associated with BT were noted over the treatment periods, however, these events appear sporadic and should not always recur in a single individual and BT-related pneumonia has rarely been reported. Case presentation We present a case of uncontrolled severe asthma who developed puzzling...