title: [Cervical necrotizing fasciitis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae: three cases report and review of literature].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the clinical manifestations of three cases of cervical necrotizing fasciitis caused by klebsiella pneumoniae and to analyze the published articles concerning the relationship between invasive klebsiella syndrome and necrotizing fasciitis in Chinese Mainland.
  
  
  METHODS
  We have retrospectively analyzed three cases of cervical necrotizing fasciitis caused by klebsiella pneumoniae treated in our department between 2003 and 2012. We also reviewed the Chinese-language scientific literature included in the WanFang data by searching with the following key words: necrotizing fasciitis, klebsiella pneumoniae and liver abscess.
  
  
  RESULTS
  These patients recovered uneventfully without obvious complications or disseminated infection foci. Sporadic cases of invasive klebsiella syndrome were reported without necrotizing fasciitis involvement in Chinese Mainland.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cervical necrotizing fasciitis caused by klebsiella pneumoniae may give rise to disseminated infection but there has been no such case report in Chinese Mainland.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the First Hospital of Peking University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Tiechuan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cong
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the First Hospital of Peking University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yuhe
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the First Hospital of Peking University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Weihua
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the First Hospital of Peking University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Tiancheng
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the First Hospital of Peking University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Quangui
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the First Hospital of Peking University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Shuifang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the First Hospital of Peking University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D012189:Retrospective Studies