Invasive liver abscess syndrome caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae: first Tanzanian experience

The Pan African Medical Journal

Omar Mohamed Aziz¹  Samina Sadrudin Somji²  Nadeem Mehboob Kassam²  Zainab Yusuf Fidaali³  Salim Ramzan Surani4⁴ 

[1] Department of Internal Medicine, Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;Department of Internal Medicine, Aga Khan University Medical College,Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa;Department of Radiology, Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;;

关键词: hepatic abscess;    invasive syndrome;    klebsiella pneumoniae;   

DOI  :  10.11604/pamj.2020.36.191.23070

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Over the past 20 years there has been growing awareness of community-acquired primary liver abscess caused by strains of Klebsiella pneumoniaeK. pneumoniae) especially in patients of Asian descent, a minority of which are characterized by metastatic spread. A common and frequent destructive complication is endophthalmitis as well as the involvement of the central nervous system (CNS), causing suppurative meningitis or brain abscess. Here we report a case of invasive liver abscess caused by K. Pneumoniae in an Asian patient who presented to our hospital in Tanzania with bilateral lower limb swelling for 6 weeks with acute onset of difficulty in breathing.

【 授权许可】

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