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

Marinakis, Giorgos and Kassianidis, Georgios and Kafkoula, Eleni and Stamatopoulou, Christina and Kavallieratos, Fotios and Patrani, Maria and Katsenos, Chrysostomos (2021) Community-acquired Klebsiella spp Meningitis/Invasive Infection in Filipino-descent Patients Living in Greece: A Case Series. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 8 (6). pp. 1-5. ISSN ISSN: 2284-2594

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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.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Meningitis, hypervirulent Klebsiella spp, liver abscess
Subjects: 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate
600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici)
600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale)
Depositing User: Marina Spanti
Date Deposited: 25 Jan 2022 15:34
Last Modified: 25 Jan 2022 15:34
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21261

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