Pyogenic hepatic abscess and septic pulmonary emboli associated with Klebsiella ozaenae bacteremia.
We have reported a case of cryptogenic liver abscess with bacteremia and septic pulmonary emboli due to Klebsiella ozaenae. This organism has not previously been reported as a cause of intra-abdominal infection and this is only the eighth reported case of bacteremia. K ozaenae is generally considered an opportunist of low virulence and a respiratory tract colonizer implicated in ozena (atrophic rhinitis). More information is required to understand the epidemiology and pathogenicity of human disease caused by K ozaenae.
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Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis.
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007709:Klebsiella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed