Open AccessCommunity-acquired Klebsiella spp Meningitis/Invasive Infection in Filipino-descent Patients Living in Greece: A Case Series
Author(s) -
Giorgos Marinakis,
Georgios Kassianidis,
Eleni Kafkoula,
Christina Stamatopoulou,
Fotios Kavallieratos,
Maria Patrani,
Chrysostomos Katsenos
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2284-2594
DOI - 10.12890/2021_002576
Subject(s) - medicine , klebsiella pneumoniae , meningitis , klebsiella , pediatrics , biology , biochemistry , escherichia coli , gene
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.