Community-acquired Acinetobacter calcoaceticus pneumonia in a patient with agammaglobulinaemia

Abstract

We herein describe the case of a 38-year-old patient with congenital agammaglobulinemia who presented with community-acquired pneumonia; acute respiratory failure with sepsis ensued requiring ICU admission, mechanical ventilation and vasopressors administration. The causative organism was identified as Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, sensitive to multiple agents. Stewardship was effectively applied; clinical, biologic and radiologic improvement resulted, and the patient was later discharged on ciprofloxacin therapy; improvement being maintained thereafter. This is the first reported case of community-acquired Acinetobacter pneumonia in our region.

Keywords

• Acinetobacter calcoaceticus
• agammaglobulinemia
• antibiotic sensitivity
• community-acquired
• pneumonia