Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia due to in North America: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Open Forum Infect Dis

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

Published: March 2018

AI Article Synopsis

  • A rare condition called CAP-AB is becoming more recognized as a severe cause of pneumonia in the community.
  • A patient from a rural location experienced serious complications, including respiratory failure and septic shock.
  • The text highlights risk factors for CAP-AB and reviews existing cases reported in North America.

Article Abstract

is a rare but emerging cause of fulminant community-acquired pneumonia (CAP-AB). We describe a patient from a rural area who developed acute respiratory distress syndrome and septic shock. We describe risk factors and characteristics of this syndrome and review published cases of CAP-AB from North America.

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