Community-acquired bacteremic cellulitis caused by Acinetobacter baumannii.
Acinetobacter baumannii is rarely encountered as a pathogen causing community-acquired skin and soft tissue infection. A 79-year-old man had a fever for 3 days accompanied by pain and swelling over the left leg around an old scar caused by a dog bite 10 years ago. Two sets of blood cultures and a wound culture all yielded A. baumannii. The patient's condition deteriorated initially but recovered completely after 3 weeks of meropenem treatment. This case suggests that A. baumannii should be included among pathogens with the potential to cause complicated skin infection in the community.
Chiang
Wen-Chu
WC
Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Su
Chan-Ping
CP
Hsu
Chiung-Yuan
CY
Chen
Shey-Ying
SY
Chen
Yee-Chun
YC
Chang
Shan-Chwen
SC
Hsueh
Po-Ren
PR
D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000368:Aged; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D000077731:Meropenem; D013845:Thienamycins / Q000627:therapeutic use
D013845:Thienamycins; D000077731:Meropenem