Open AccessMetastatic infection caused by hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumonia and co-infection with Cryptococcus meningitis: A case report
Author(s) -
Yinming Shi,
Yukai Wang,
Yanhong Wang,
Hui Liu,
Xiaohan Shi,
Xiaojie Li,
Benquan Wu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i22.3812
Subject(s) - medicine , cryptococcus neoformans , bacteremia , meningitis , pneumonia , cryptococcosis , brain abscess , klebsiella pneumoniae , streptococcus pneumoniae , cryptococcus , encephalitis , immunology , abscess , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , surgery , biology , biochemistry , virus , escherichia coli , gene
Klebsiella pneumoniae ( K. pneumoniae ) used to affect mainly people with compromised immunity or weakened by other infections, but recent emergence of hypervirulent strains has increased infections even in healthy individuals. These infections include liver abscess, pneumonia, bacteremia, meningitis, necrotizing fasciitis, and endophthalmitis. Although metastatic infection by hypervirulent K. pneumoniae (hvKP) is increasingly recognized, co-infection with Cryptococcus neoformans ( C. neoformans ) meningitis in immunocompetent hosts is rare but fatal. So, it is necessary to determine the risk factors, complications, and comorbidity of this disease.