Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia due to Acinetobacter baumannii in North America: Case Report and Review of the Literature-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia due to Acinetobacter baumannii in North America: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Published:2018-03-01 Issue:3 Volume:5 Page:
ISSN:2328-8957
Container-title:Open Forum Infectious Diseases
language:en
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Author:

Serota David P¹,Sexton Mary Elizabeth¹,Kraft Colleen S¹²,Palacio Federico¹

Affiliation:

1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Abstract

Abstract Acinetobacter baumannii is a rare but emerging cause of fulminant community-acquired pneumonia (CAP-AB). We describe a patient from a rural area who developed acute respiratory distress syndrome and septic shock. We describe risk factors and characteristics of this syndrome and review published cases of CAP-AB from North America.

Funder

National Institutes of Health

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Oncology

Link

http://academic.oup.com/ofid/article-pdf/5/3/ofy044/33576171/ofy044.pdf

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