Severe community‐acquired <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> pneumonia: An emerging highly lethal infectious disease in the Asia–Pacific

Abstract

Community-acquired AB pneumonia have a fulminant course. In a region endemic for melioidosis and severe community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae, the challenge lies in rapid identification and initiation of appropriate empirical antibiotics to improve the survival of patients with AB CAP.