Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Radu MN

Publications

• Case Report
  Sepsis with Klebsiella pneumoniae Complicated with Renal Abscess in Immunocompetent Host: A Case Report
  Author(s): Caruntu FA and Radu MNCaruntu FA and Radu MN
  
  Introduction: The inflammatory response to an infectious trigger may evolve to sepsis and septic shock most frequently at the extremes of age and in immunosuppressed patients. Klebsiella pneumoniae is a gram-negative bacillus that is part of the saprophytic flora of the digestive tract. Bacteremia with commensal germs may be secondary to a localized infectious event from where bacteria crosses vascular endothelium. Case presentation: We are presenting the case of a 17-years-old patient, admitted to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases “Prof. Dr. Matei Bals” in June 2017, on the 4th day of illness. Symptoms started 8 hours after meal with nausea, vomiting, fever, and temporo-spatial disorientation. Clinical manifestations and paraclinical investigations have established the diagnosis of sepsis with Klebsiella pneumoniae... Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.10001121

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