Fatal disseminated pyogenic infection due to hypermucoviscous hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae: A case report and literature review

Emad M Salawati

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4754

Fatal disseminated pyogenic infection due to hypermucoviscous hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae: A case report and literature review

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Sep 21;9(9):e04754. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4754. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Author

Emad M Salawati¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Family Medicine Faculty of Medicine King Abdulaziz University Jeddah Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumonia is becoming recognized globally and has been associated with serious sequelae including death. However, ethnicity and metastatic infections are characteristics for hypermucoviscous hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) and should be rolled in/out by PCR and/or string test.

Keywords: Klebsiella pneumonia; hypermucoviscous; sepsis.

Publication types

Case Reports