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Community-acquired Klebsiella spp Meningitis/Invasive Infection in Filipino-descent Patients Living in Greece: A Case Series.

Authors :
Marinakis G
Kassianidis G
Kafkoula E
Stamatopoulou C
Kavallieratos F
Patrani M
Katsenos C
Source :
European journal of case reports in internal medicine [Eur J Case Rep Intern Med] 2021 Jun 18; Vol. 8 (7), pp. 002576. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jun 18 (Print Publication: 2021).
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Klebsiella spp community-acquired meningitis caused by hypervirulent strains is well described as part of a distinct syndrome consisting of liver abscess and multiple septic metastatic lesions ( Klebsiella pneumoniae invasive syndrome) occurring usually in diabetic, alcoholic, elderly or cancer patients, in Taiwan and other South-East Asian countries. In Western countries, these infections are very rare in natives and usually occur in patients of Asian origin. We report three cases of Filipino-origin patients, residents of Greece, with community-acquired invasive Klebsiella meningitis, who were treated in our ICU over a 10-year period.<br />Learning Points: Community-acquired Klebsiella spp meningitis has a very bad prognosis.A physician must suspect an invasive Klebsiella infection in patients of Asian origin, even though they are residents of Western countries and have not visited their homeland recently.<br />Competing Interests: Conflicts of Interests: The authors declare there are no competing interests.<br /> (© EFIM 2021.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2284-2594
Volume :
8
Issue :
7
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
European journal of case reports in internal medicine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
34268262
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.12890/2021_002576