A case of invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae syndrome with ventriculitis.

Encephalitis (Seoul, Korea) Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI:10.47936/encephalitis.2022.00010

Michelle Youn, Jung-Ju Lee, Byung-Kun Kim, Kyusik Kang, Woong-Woo Lee, Ilhan Yoo

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Correspondence: Jung-Ju Lee Department of Neurology, Nowon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University, 68 Hangeulbiseok-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01830, Korea E-mail: sss331sss331@gmail.com ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7498-5656 Dear Editor, Klebsiella pneumoniae is a member of the Enterobacteriaceae family and an established cause of urinary tract/ hepatobiliary infections and osteomyelitis, especially in alcoholics and diabetic patients [1]. In the 1980s, a new hypervirulent variant of K. pneumoniae was reported; it causes lung, prostate, and soft tissue abscesses and is associated with metastatic complications such as endophthalmitis/uveitis and central nervous system infection [1,2]. The mortality rate ranges from 3% to 42% [3]. We present a case of ventriculitis and multiple metastatic infections caused by K. pneumoniae in a patient with chronic alcoholism and uncontrolled diabetes who survived after appropriate antimicrobial and surgical treatment. Informed consent was provided by the patient and his family for this report.

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