Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2888022 | Annals of Vascular Surgery | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A diabetic woman suffered from deep neck infection, endophthalmitis, urinary tract infection, and mycotic aneurysm associated Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia for 4 months. Aneurysmectomy and antibiotic therapy terminated recurrent K pneumoniae sepsis suggestive of removal of the pathogen niche in an artery, which served as the root of serial infections. The DNA fingerprints of K pneumoniae isolates indicated that the same strain K pneumoniae caused all the infection episodes. The case is reported and its clinical implications are discussed.
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Authors
Jien-Wei Liu, Ing-Kit Lee, Fan-Yen Lee, Jiunn-Jong Wu,