Acinetobacter species are Gram-negative coccobacilli found to cause a multitude of infections. However, they are a rare cause of bacteremia with Acinetobacter radioresistens accounting for less than 10 % of Acinetobacter infections. In this report, we describe a patient presenting with acute encephalopathy, fever, and hypoxia who was initially found to have bilateral perihilar and lower lobar peribronchial thickening on chest x-ray.
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