Klebsiella pneumoniae--an emerging bacterial cause of osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease.
Salmonella species is the accepted organism causing osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease. Klebsiella pneumoniae is now emerging as a new etiological agent. We report a case of sickle cell osteomyelitis due to Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Hiran
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Dept. of Medicine, JLN Hospital and RC, Bhilai.
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D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*