Stricken Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has developed pneumonia as doctors try to bring him out of the artificial coma that he has been in since December 29, German media reported today.
Germany's biggest newspaper, Bild, said that Schumacher, 45, developed the lung infection last week at the University Hospital in Grenoble.
His spokeswoman Sabine Kehm refused to comment on the report, saying only it was 'speculation, and I do not comment on speculation.'
But Bild, which is known to have close contacts to the inner circle of the seven-time world Formula One champion, said he is being treated with strong antibiotics as his doctors try to ascertain just how dangerous the infection is.
So far, there have been no facial or bodily responses to his environment, according to medical sources, as his reflexes are tested on a daily basis.
He receives food through a tube to his stomach, oxygen via a hose from a machine next to his bed as he still cannot breathe independently.
Three times daily his joints and muscles are massaged to prevent atrophy and bed sores.
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