Community-acquired Acinetobacter pneumonia
Gottlieb, T.; Barnes, D.J.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine 19(3): 259-260
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-8291 PMID: 2775048 Document Number: 334307
We describe the first case report of community-acquired Acinetobacter pneumonia in Australia. Well recognised risk factors for this entity (alcoholism, diabetes mellitus and chronic lung disease) were present in our patient. His pneumonia ran a fulminant course, with death occurring within 24 hours of presentation to hospital. Whilst rare, this infection is being described with increasing frequency, particularly in developing countries including Papua New Guinea.