title: Infective endocarditis caused by Klebsiella oxytoca in an intravenous drug user with cancer.
abstract: Infective endocarditis caused by Klebsiella species is rare, with most isolates being K. pneumoniae. We report the case of a 24-year-old intravenous drug user with newly diagnosed seminoma who developed K. oxytoca endocarditis. In addition to having K. oxytoca isolated from blood culture, cultures of that species were obtained from a retroperitoneal metastasis found on original presentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texas (Mohamed, Hall, Hatch, Winn); and Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska (Ayan).
authors.forename: Ashref
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texas (Mohamed, Hall, Hatch, Winn); and Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska (Ayan).
authors.forename: Connor
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texas (Mohamed, Hall, Hatch, Winn); and Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska (Ayan).
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hatch
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texas (Mohamed, Hall, Hatch, Winn); and Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska (Ayan).
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ayan
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texas (Mohamed, Hall, Hatch, Winn); and Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska (Ayan).
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Winn