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. 2018 Mar 10;5(3):ofy044. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofy044

Table 1.

Summary of North American Cases of Community-Acquired Pneumonia due to Acinetobacter baumannii

Year (Reference) Location Age Sex Risk Factors Mech. Vent. Site of Positive Cultures Final Antibiotics Used Outcome
1959 [10] Chicago, IL 50 M None No Blood and sputum Chloramphenicol and oxytetracycline Survived
1968 [11] Chapel Hill, NC 49 M Alcohol No Blood and lung tissue (autopsy) Penicillin G Died
1973 [12] Baltimore, MD 69 M CKD Yes Tracheal aspirate and pleural fluid Tetracycline Died
1976 [13] Houston, TX 50 M Alcohol, tobacco Yes Blood and tracheal aspirate Gentamicin and carbenicillin Survived
1977 [14] Philadelphia, PA 33 F Alcohol, tobacco No Sputum Gentamicin and cephalothin Died
58 M Alcohol, cirrhosis, tobacco Yes Sputum Gentamicin Survived
1979 [15] Dallas, TX 58 M Alcohol, asthma ? Blood Clindamycin and gentamicin Died
41 M Alcohol, pancreatitis, hepatitis Yes Blood and tracheal aspirate Penicillin, gentamicin, and carbenicillin Survived
35 F Alcohol Yes Blood and tracheal aspirate Penicillin and gentamicin Died
51 M Lymphoma ? Blood and sputum Gentamicin and carbenicillin Survived
74 F None ? Blood and sputum Penicillin and gentamicin Survived
44 M Alcohol, chronic bronchitis ? Blood and sputum Penicillin, gentamicin, and carbenicillin Survived
1981 [16] Hartford, CT 54 M Pneumoconiosis Yes Blood and sputum Penicillin G Died
63 M Alcohol, tobacco Yes Blood and sputum Gentamicin and carbenicillin Survived
56 M Pneumoconiosis Yes Blood and sputum Ticarcillin and tobramycin Died
1987 [17] San Antonio, TX 56 M Tobacco Yes Sputum Gentamicin and clindamycin Died
1993 [18] Chicago, IL 74 F None Yes Blood Gentamicin, ticarcillin-clavulanate, and erythromycin Survived
1999 [19] Tampa, FL 80 M None No BAL Trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole Survived
2017 Atlanta, GA 41 M Alcohol Yes Blood and BAL Ampicillin-sulbactam and levofloxacin Survived

Abbreviations: ?, unreported data; BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage; CKD, chronic kidney disease; F, female; M, male.