Open AccessCerebritis: An unusual complication of Klebsiella pneumoniae
Author(s) -
Mainak Majumdar,
D Simes,
Ramesh Damodaran Prabha
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.4103/0972-5229.53116
Subject(s) - medicine , klebsiella pneumoniae , complication , microbiology and biotechnology , klebsiella , escherichia coli , gene , chemistry , biochemistry , biology
Cerebritis is part of a continuum of brain infection and is difficult to diagnose. Cerebritis caused by Klebsiella in immunocompetent adults without predisposing factors such as neurosurgery or penetrating brain injury has not been reported before. We report a case of Klebsiella cerebritis in an adult patient with a proven extracranial focus of infection. We suggest considering cerebritis as a differential diagnosis for altered level of consciousness in patients of severe sepsis, even if an extracranial source of infection is proven.