Rapidly fatal community-acquired pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae complicated with acute myocarditis and accelerated idioventricular rhythm
Journal
Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
Journal Volume
45
Journal Issue
4
Pages
321-323
Date Issued
2012
Author(s)
Abstract
We describe a previously healthy 52-year-old man with rapidly fatal community-acquired pneumonia caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae. The patient developed acute renal dysfunction, accelerated idioventricular rhythm (acute myocarditis), lactic acidosis and septic shock. He died within 15 hours after admission despite intravenous levofloxacin (750 mg daily) and aggressive medical treatment. ? 2012.
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Other Subjects
ampicillin; cefazolin; cefuroxime; creatine kinase; creatine kinase MB; creatinine; lactic acid; levofloxacin; sulbactam; troponin I; acute myocarditis; acute respiratory failure; adult; antibiotic sensitivity; article; bacterium culture; blood culture; cardiogenic shock; case report; cause of death; community acquired pneumonia; creatinine blood level; deterioration; dyspnea; electrocardiogram; fatality; fluid resuscitation; heart arrest; human; hypoxemia; intensive care; intubation; kidney dysfunction; Klebsiella pneumoniae infection; lactic acidosis; lung infiltrate; male; multiple organ failure; myocarditis; QRS complex; sepsis; septic shock; serology; sputum culture; suppuration; supraventricular tachycardia; thorax radiography; Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm; Acidosis, Lactic; Acute Disease; Community-Acquired Infections; Electrocardiography; Fatal Outcome; Humans; Intensive Care Units; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Male; Middle Aged; Myocarditis; Ofloxacin; Pneumonia, Bacterial; Shock, Septic
Type
journal article