An unusual cause of community-acquired pneumonia

We present a case of fatal community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) due to Acinetobacter baumannii, which is rarely reported in the northeastern United States. Previously reported cases originate from tropical and subtropical climates, and infection tends to have an aggressive course with a poor outcome....

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Autores principales: Mittal, Jaimie, Szymczak, Wendy A., Robbins, Noah, Harris, Carol, Nori, Priya
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Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5751873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29318108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2017.12.010
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description We present a case of fatal community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) due to Acinetobacter baumannii, which is rarely reported in the northeastern United States. Previously reported cases originate from tropical and subtropical climates, and infection tends to have an aggressive course with a poor outcome. Appropriate antimicrobial therapy is crucial; however, the associated systemic inflammatory response may overwhelm host defenses, especially in patients with certain co-morbidities.
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spelling pubmed-57518732018-01-09 An unusual cause of community-acquired pneumonia Mittal, Jaimie Szymczak, Wendy A. Robbins, Noah Harris, Carol Nori, Priya IDCases Article We present a case of fatal community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) due to Acinetobacter baumannii, which is rarely reported in the northeastern United States. Previously reported cases originate from tropical and subtropical climates, and infection tends to have an aggressive course with a poor outcome. Appropriate antimicrobial therapy is crucial; however, the associated systemic inflammatory response may overwhelm host defenses, especially in patients with certain co-morbidities. Elsevier 2017-12-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5751873/ /pubmed/29318108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2017.12.010 Text en © 2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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