title: Fatal sepsis by Klebsiella pneumoniae in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: the importance of postmortem microbiological examination for the ex post diagnosis of infection.
abstract: The utility of postmortem microbiology has continuously been a topic of controversy. The present study describes a case of fatal sepsis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. Postmortem culture and genotyping analyses allowed us to identify Klebsiella pneumoniae as the cause of sepsis, revealing the inadequateness of antimicrobial therapy.
authors: Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
authors: Cristian
authors: C
authors: D'Ovidio
authors: Arianna
authors: A
authors: Pompilio
authors: Valentina
authors: V
authors: Crocetta
authors: Giovanni
authors: G
authors: Gherardi
authors: Aldo
authors: A
authors: Carnevale
authors: Giovanni
authors: G
authors: Di Bonaventura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*