Community-acquired Acinetobacter pneumonia.
We describe the first case report of community-acquired Acinetobacter pneumonia in Australia. Well recognised risk factors for this entity (alcoholism, diabetes mellitus and chronic lung disease) were present in our patient. His pneumonia ran a fulminant course, with death occurring within 24 hours of presentation to hospital. Whilst rare, this infection is being described with increasing frequency, particularly in developing countries including Papua New Guinea.
St Vincents Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001315:Australia; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D011859:Radiography