[Community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia].
OBJECTIVE
Description of two cases of community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia.


METHODS
Two patients, one with a history of diabetes mellitus type 2 and pulmonary thromboembolism 2 years earlier and the second without known risk factors except for the age, were admitted to hospital because of community-acquired A. baumannii pneumonia with cavitation and with favorable final evolution.


CONCLUSIONS
A. baumannii is an infrequent cause of community-acquired pneumonia, although it should be suspected in patients with debilitating illness and in patients who do not evolve favorably on the first days of the admission with conventional treatment.
Salas Coronas
J
J
Servicio de Medicina Interna. Hospital de Poniente. El Ejido. Almería. Spain.
Cabezas Fernández
T
T
Alvarez-Ossorio García de Soria
R
R
Díez García
F
F
D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents