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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.6.427

Klebsiella Pneumonia-Necrotizing Fasciitis followed by Liver Abscess  

Lee, Seung Hyun (Department of Pediatrics, Wonkwang University School of Medicine)
Choi, Jeong Woo (Department of Emergency Medicine, Wonkwang University School of Medicine)
Lee, Myeung Su (Department of Internal Medicine, Wonkwang University School of Medicine)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.6, 2018 , pp. 427-431 More about this Journal
Abstract
We report a case of a patient with necrotizing fasciitis followed by liver abscess. A 51-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a 5-day history of fever and chills with painful swelling of the right thigh. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan showed fluid collection with numerous dark signal intensities considered as air-bubbles between the posteromedial and posterolateral groups of the right thigh, resulting in presumptive diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis. At the time of admission, an ultrasonograph of the abdomen showed increased parenchymal echogenicity of both kidneys and no liver abscess. Ten days after fasciotomy, an abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan showed intrahepatic abscess. Sonography-guided percutaneous drainage was performed. Both cultures of pus specimens from the liver abscess and right thigh yielded Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae). The patient was treated with fasciotomy several times and parenteral antibiotics, after which he began to improve. After 5 weeks, liver abscess size was reduced, and after 10 weeks, liver abscess disappeared. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of K. pneumoniae-necrotizing fasciitis followed by liver abscess.
Keywords
Fasciotomy; Klebsiella Pneumonia; Liver Abscess; Necrotizing Fasciitis; Percutaneous Drainge;
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