Fulminant community-acquired pneumonia probably caused by Acinetobacter lwoffii

Respirology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 867-868

  Toyoshima, Mikio ^a   Chida, Kingo ^b   Suda, Takafumi ^b  

^a HAMAMATSU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Acinetobactor lwoffii; community acquired pneumonia; fulminant pneumonia; hospital acquired pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHEM; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INOTROPIC AGENT; MEROPENEM; PAZUFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; DETERIORATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INOTROPISM; INTUBATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SHOCK; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENTILATED PATIENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 77953822849     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2010.01780.x     Document Type: Article

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