KMID : 1144320170490040297
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°¨¿°°ú ÈÇпä¹ý 2017 Volume.49 No. 4 p.297 ~ p.300
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A Case of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Korea
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Son Young-Woong
Jung In-Young Ahn Mi-Young Jeon Yong-Duk Ann Hea-Won Ahn Jin-Young Ku Nam-Su Han Sang-Hoon Choi Jun-Young Song Young-Goo Kim June-Myung
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Abstract
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Acinetobacter baumannii is an aerobic Gram-negative coccobacillus that causes nosocomial pneumonia in patients on mechanical ventilation or previously treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics. Nevertheless, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) caused by A. baumannii, especially multi-drug resistant (MDR) strains, is rare. We experienced the first case of CAP caused by MDR A. baumannii in Korea in a 78-year-old man. This case shows that MDR A. baumannii can cause CAP in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Acinetobacter baumannii, Community-acquired pneumonia, Multi-drug-resistance
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