Primary Klebsiella pneumoniae Osteomyelitis with Bacteremia and Sepsis in a Patient with Cirrhosis

Osteomyelitis is commonly caused by Staphylococci, Streptococci, Escherichia coli, and anaerobes. There have been cases of rare organisms like Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) being initially overlooked as causes of osteomyelitis. We report a case of an elderly cirrhotic adult male transferred for further...

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Main Authors: Akshay Khatri, Naga Sasidhar Kanaparthy, Bright Jebaraj Selvaraj, Eunna Cho, Marc Y. El Khoury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3183805