Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 38(1); 1991 > Article
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1991;38(1):53-58.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1991.38.1.53    Published online March 1, 1991.
A case of community-acquired acinetobacter calcoaceticus pneumonia.
Byeong Moo Yoo1, Byung Sung Lim1, Wan Young Choi1, Dong Ho Shin1, Sung Soo Park1, Jung Hee Lee1, Tae Yul Choi2
1Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
2Department of Clinical Pathology, Hanyang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Abstract
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus var anitratus, a non-fermentative gram negative baci1lus, has been infrequently reported as a cause of community-acquired pneumonia. Bacteremic community-acquired pneumonia caused by Acinetobacter is a fulminant disease with a high mortality (above 40 percent in the reported case). The onset of the illness is rapid but nonspecific with fever, productive cough, pleuritic pain and rapid prostration. And the patients frequently present with respiratory distress, severe hypoxemia, leukopenia and septic shock. We experienced a case of community-acquired Acinetobacter pneumonia who underwent respiratory support with mechanical ventilator for about 4 weeks and survived. We report the case with review of literature.


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