Chronic Acinetobacter calcoaceticus var anitratus pneumonia.
Gram-negative bacteria most often affect the lung in an acute, suppurative process; however, these organisms may also produce chronic pneumonia. Acinetobacter calcoaceticus has not been reported previously as a cause of chronic pneumonia. We present a patient with fatal, chronic community-acquired Acinetobacter pneumonia with chest wall invasion at autopsy.
D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography