Cargando…

Community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis in an alcoholic patient with an infected pancreatic pseudocyst; a case report and review of literature

We report a case of a 49-year-old male with a history of chronic alcoholism and evidence of a pancreatic pseudocyst on CT scanning. He presented with a 3-days history of fever, loss of appetite and upper abdominal pain. Blood cultures grew Klebsiella pneumoniae and he improved clinically with a seve...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Orzechowska, Adriana, Lacey, Sandra, Soosay, Geraldine, Melzer, Mark
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2147017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17967181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-116