Two unusual cases of successful treatment of hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae invasive syndrome

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Namikawa, Hiroki ^a   Yamada, Koichi ^a   Fujimoto, Hiroki ^a   Oinuma, Ken Ichi ^a   Tochino, Yoshihiro ^a   Takemoto, Yasuhiko ^a   Kaneko, Yukihiro ^a   Shuto, Taichi ^a   Kakeya, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abscess; Endophthalmitis; Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae; Infected aneurysm; magA; Prostate; rmpA; String test

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MAGA PROTEIN, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

ABSCESS; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CORNEA EDEMA; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSURIA; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE ENUCLEATION; EYELID EDEMA; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERMUCOVISCOUS KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INVASIVE SYNDROME; ILIAC ARTERY ANEURYSM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LIVER ABSCESS; LUNG ABSCESS; MAGA GENE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY TEST; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; POLLAKISURIA; PROSTATE ABSCESS; RARE DISEASE; RMPA GENE; SPUTUM CULTURE; TISSUE CULTURE; URINE CULTURE; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHOLE BODY CT; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENETICS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PROSTATIC DISEASES; SYNDROME; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSTATIC DISEASES; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84996655439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-2011-3     Document Type: Article

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