Community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia: a rare case in Brazil

ABSTRACT Acinetobacter baumannii, a common pathogen in nosocomial infections, is a rare cause of community-acquired pneumonia. This report highlights the difficulties in its early diagnosis and effective treatment, as it is a multidrug-resistant microorganism with rapid, unfavorable progression. To...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Izadora Raduan Brigo, Leandro de Resende Yamamoto, Rodrigo Juliano Molina
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2022
Subjects:
Acinetobacter baumannii
Community-acquired pneumonia
Alcohol
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0301-2022
https://doaj.org/article/e5dbe464ebe04a74a3b4278fc0dc556f
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Summary:ABSTRACT Acinetobacter baumannii, a common pathogen in nosocomial infections, is a rare cause of community-acquired pneumonia. This report highlights the difficulties in its early diagnosis and effective treatment, as it is a multidrug-resistant microorganism with rapid, unfavorable progression. To better understand its clinical outcome, we searched the literature for similar cases but found no community-acquired cases in Brazil.

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