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Klebsiella pneumoniae sepsis with unusual cutaneous presentation of generalized pustulosis
Author(s) -
Huang H. Y.,
Wu Y. H.,
Kuo C. F.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/ced.12092
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , medicine , sepsis , pustulosis , liver abscess , dermatology , vasculitis , klebsiella infections , diabetes mellitus , immunology , pathology , abscess , disease , surgery , osteomyelitis , biology , biochemistry , osteitis , escherichia coli , gene , endocrinology
Summary Klebsiella pneumoniae is a well‐known Gram‐negative pyogenic pathogen that can cause various types of infection. Liver abscesses caused by community‐acquired K. pneumoniae infection are commonly reported in Taiwan, especially in people with diabetes mellitus. Meningococcal bacteraemia can present as disseminated pustules and leucocytoclastic vasculitis, but it has rarely been seen in patients with K. pneumoniae infection. To date, there are only two reports in the English literature about K . pneumoniae bacteraemia presenting as generalized pustulosis. We report a third case, occurring in a Taiwanese woman with a community‐acquired K. pneumoniae liver abscess leading to sepsis and generalized pustules, complicated by cutaneous leucocytoclastic vasculitis.