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COMMUNITY‐ACQUIRED ACINETOBACTER PNEUMONIA
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 1989AbstractWe 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
T, Gottlieb, D J, Barnes
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Severe community-acquired pneumonia
Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2004Community-acquired pneumonia remains a prevalent and potentially life-threatening infection. In general, the disease is considered severe when inpatient care including ICU admission is required, and this often suggests a poorer prognosis. Severe community-acquired pneumonia continues to be an important subject of research from different perspectives ...
Francisco, Alvarez-Lerma, Antoni, Torres
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Community-acquired acinetobacter pneumonia
The American Journal of Medicine, 1979Acinetobacter calcoaceticus var anitratus, a nonfermentative grampnegative bacillus, has been infrequently reported as a cause of community-acquired pneumonia. In this paper we describe the course of six recent patients with community-acquired, bacteremic pneumonia due to this organism and review the six previously reported cases.
M L, Rudin, J R, Michael, E J, Huxley
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Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2009Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of death from infectious diseases in the United States. It accounts for 500,000 hospitalizations and 45,000 deaths each year, and it represents one of the most common causes of ICU admission. The mortality rate due to severe CAP has shown little improvement over the past few years, with rates as ...
Marcos I, Restrepo, Antonio, Anzueto
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Severe community-acquired pneumonia
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 1996Community-acquired pneumonia is an important public health concern and a recent focus of clinical practice guidelines. What has become clear from this renewed focus of attention is that a subgroup of patients with community-acquired pneumonia have severe disease with a differing spectrum of pathogens and prognosis.
H A, Cassiere, A M, Fein
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Clinical evidence, 2002
In the northern hemisphere about 12/1000 people a year (on average) contract pneumonia while living in the community, with most cases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mortality ranges from about 5% to 35% depending on severity of disease, with a worse prognosis in older people, men, and people with chronic diseases.We conducted a systematic review ...
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In the northern hemisphere about 12/1000 people a year (on average) contract pneumonia while living in the community, with most cases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mortality ranges from about 5% to 35% depending on severity of disease, with a worse prognosis in older people, men, and people with chronic diseases.We conducted a systematic review ...
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