On a Boat: A Case in Australia of Endophthalmitis and Pyogenic Liver, Prostatic, and Lung Abscesses in a Previously Well Patient due to Klebsiella pneumoniae
Joint Authors
Vandevelde, Alecia
Stepanovic, Bojana
Source
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-09-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This is a case report about a patient who arrived in our emergency department in Western Australia to the care of the urologists having just gotten off a ship with a bacterial infection that would result in a 44-day stay in hospital and have quite devastating lasting effects for the young male.
His story was in fact reflective of an emerging global phenomenon.
Once thought to generally be a bacterium of threat only to the elderly and alcoholics, causing pneumonia and urinary tract infections, this case report describes the potentially devastating consequences of what is now becoming recognized as a hypervirulent form of Klebsiella pneumoniae with the potential to spread throughout the system rapidly seeding abscesses and causing significant morbidity in nonimmunocompromised patients.
Initially noticed in Asia increasingly case reports are emerging in Western countries suggesting a global spread.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Vandevelde, Alecia& Stepanovic, Bojana. 2014. On a Boat: A Case in Australia of Endophthalmitis and Pyogenic Liver, Prostatic, and Lung Abscesses in a Previously Well Patient due to Klebsiella pneumoniae. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1017126
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Vandevelde, Alecia& Stepanovic, Bojana. On a Boat: A Case in Australia of Endophthalmitis and Pyogenic Liver, Prostatic, and Lung Abscesses in a Previously Well Patient due to Klebsiella pneumoniae. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1017126
American Medical Association (AMA)
Vandevelde, Alecia& Stepanovic, Bojana. On a Boat: A Case in Australia of Endophthalmitis and Pyogenic Liver, Prostatic, and Lung Abscesses in a Previously Well Patient due to Klebsiella pneumoniae. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1017126
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1017126