Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in an elderly patient with diabetes mellitus

Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2021 Jul;21(7):590-591. doi: 10.1111/ggi.14179. Epub 2021 May 16.

Authors

Kyohei Horiguchi¹, Yuya Tsurutani¹, Takuya Sasaki², Takashi Sunouchi¹, Rei Hirose¹, Satoshi Watanabe¹, Jun Saito¹

Affiliations

¹ Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, Yokohama City, Japan.
² Department of Neurology, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, Yokohama City, Japan.

PMID: 33998158
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.14179

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / drug therapy
Humans
Hypoglycemic Agents / therapeutic use
Klebsiella Infections / diagnosis*
Klebsiella Infections / drug therapy
Klebsiella Infections / microbiology
Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics
Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
Liver Abscess / microbiology*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Pneumonia / diagnosis*
Pneumonia / drug therapy
Pneumonia / microbiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Hypoglycemic Agents