A Case of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Korea

Young Woong Son; In Young Jung; Mi Young Ahn; Yong Duk Jeon; Hea Won Ann; Jin Young Ahn; Nam Su Ku; Sang Hoon Han; Jun Young Choi; Young Goo Song; June Myung Kim

doi:10.3947/ic.2017.49.4.297

A Case of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Korea

Infect Chemother. 2017 Dec;49(4):297-300. doi: 10.3947/ic.2017.49.4.297.

Authors

Young Woong Son¹, In Young Jung¹, Mi Young Ahn¹, Yong Duk Jeon¹, Hea Won Ann^{1

2}, Jin Young Ahn^{1

2}, Nam Su Ku^{1

3}, Sang Hoon Han^{1

2}, Jun Young Choi^{1

2}, Young Goo Song^{1

2}, June Myung Kim^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
² AIDS Research Institue, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
³ AIDS Research Institue, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. smileboy9@yuhs.ac.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Acinetobacter baumannii; Community-acquired pneumonia; Multi-drug-resistance.

Publication types

Case Reports