title: Pneumonia due to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza virus and Klebsiella pneumoniae capsular serotype K16 in a patient with nasopharyngeal cancer.
abstract: Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Staphylococcus aureus and group A Streptoccocus, but no Klebsiella pneumoniae were responsible for bacterial coinfections during the 2009 and previous influenza pandemics. We hereby report a case with concurrent bacteremic pneumonia due to an unusual capsular serotype K16 K. pneumoniae and pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in a patient with nasopharyngeal cancer. Such a coinfection has not previously been described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chih-Cheng
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Pei-Lin
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Che-Kim
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Yu-Tsung
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chiang-Lian
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: Jin-Town
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Po-Ren
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Hsueh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D060085:Coinfection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology*; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012703:Serotyping