Unusual community-associated carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection, Pennsylvania, USA

We report a rare case of community-acquired pneumonia and bacteremia caused by multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. The patient was critically ill, intubated for 11 days and subsequently was discharged from the hospital in good condition after 21 days. Whole genome sequencing was performed,...

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Published in:	IDCases
Main Authors:	Mohamed H. Yassin, Tung Phan, Yohei Doi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2020-01-01
Subjects:	Carbapenem Acinetobacter baumannii Multidrug resistant bacteria Pneumonia Bacteremia
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920301591