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Revista clínica española · Jun 2003
Case Reports[Community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia].
- J Salas Coronas, T Cabezas Fernández, R Alvarez-Ossorio García de Soria, and F Díez García.
- Servicio de Medicina Interna. Hospital de Poniente. El Ejido. Almería. Spain.
- Rev Clin Esp. 2003 Jun 1;203(6):284-6.
ObjectivesDescription of two cases of community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia.Patients And MethodsTwo 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.ConclusionA. 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.
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