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- Title
Mycotic aneurysm caused by hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae serotype K54 with sequence type 29: an emerging threat.
- Authors
Chuang, Y.-C.; Lee, M.-F.; Yu, W.-L.
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 92-year-old woman who was hospitalized in June 3 to 21, 2011 because of fever. It mentions that the patient was readmitted in July 2, 2011 due to acute dyspnea and again in September 14, 2011 because of recurrent bacteremia caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae. It mentions that the patient died 2 weeks later in a condition of pneumonia by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- Subjects
EVALUATION of diagnostic imaging; TOMOGRAPHY; ANEURYSMS; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; KLEBSIELLA infections
- Publication
Infection, 2013, Vol 41, Issue 5, p1041
- ISSN
0300-8126
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1007/s15010-013-0447-6