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A case of fulminant community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia in Korea

  • Oh, Yoon Jung (Department of Internal Medicine, Cheju Halla General Hospital) ;
  • Song, Sung Heon (Department of Internal Medicine, Cheju Halla General Hospital) ;
  • Baik, Seung Hee (Department of Internal Medicine, Cheju Halla General Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Hak Hyun (Department of Internal Medicine, Cheju Halla General Hospital) ;
  • Han, In Mee (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Oh, Dong Hyun (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
  • Published : 2013.07.01
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Abstract

Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) is a common pathogen found in patients with hospitalacquired pneumonia all over the world. Community-acquired AB pneumonia, however, is very rare and has seldom been reported in Asia-Pacific countries. Community-acquired AB pneumonia has a fulminant course and is associated with a higher mortality than hospital-acquired AB pneumonia. In Korea, no case of fatal community-acquired AB pneumonia has been reported to date. Here, we describe the first fatal case of fulminant community-acquired AB pneumonia in Korea.

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