A Rare Case of Recurrent Klebsiella pneumoniae Liver Abscess

Magdelene Amoateng; Pius Osei-Bagyina; Reba Varughese; Achsah Mathew; Ishan Malhotra

doi:10.1155/2021/8896379

A Rare Case of Recurrent Klebsiella pneumoniae Liver Abscess

Case Rep Infect Dis. 2021 Apr 9:2021:8896379. doi: 10.1155/2021/8896379. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Magdelene Amoateng¹, Pius Osei-Bagyina¹, Reba Varughese¹, Achsah Mathew², Ishan Malhotra³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Quinnipiac University Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, St. Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT, USA.
² Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Center, Tiruvalla, Kerala, India.
³ St. Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT, USA.

Abstract

Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess (KPLA) is an emerging syndrome with the initial cases described in Taiwan in the 1980s. There is high mortality with this condition, and immediate aggressive treatment is necessary. Diabetes mellitus (D.M.) is the single most important risk factor for developing KPLA. Here, we describe a rare case of recurrent cryptogenic Klebsiella pneumoniae pyogenic liver abscess (KPLA) in a young man with poorly controlled type 1 D.M.

Publication types

Case Reports