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A case of fulminant community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia in Korea

Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) is a common pathogen found in patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia all over the world. Community-acquired AB pneumonia, however, is very rare and has seldom been reported in Asia-Pacific countries. Community-acquired AB pneumonia has a fulminant course and is associ...

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Autores principales: Oh, Yoon Jung, Song, Sung Heon, Baik, Seung Hee, Lee, Hak Hyun, Han, In Mee, Oh, Dong Hyun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3712158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23864808
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2013.28.4.486
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Sumario:Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) is a common pathogen found in patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia all over the world. Community-acquired AB pneumonia, however, is very rare and has seldom been reported in Asia-Pacific countries. Community-acquired AB pneumonia has a fulminant course and is associated with a higher mortality than hospital-acquired AB pneumonia. In Korea, no case of fatal community-acquired AB pneumonia has been reported to date. Here, we describe the first fatal case of fulminant community-acquired AB pneumonia in Korea.