A mimicry of melioidosis by Klebsiella ozaenae infection

Klebsiella ozaenae is a Gram negative bacillus. It has been described as a colonizer of oral and nasopharyngeal mucosa and is a cause of atrophic rhinitis. Klebsiella ozaenae has seldom been isolated from serious infections. However, several reports have stated that Klebsiella ozaenae may cause inva...

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Main Authors:	Ng, Teck Han, How, Soon Hin, Kuan, Yeh Chunn, Salam, Adzura, Abd. Aziz, Azian, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi
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Published:	College of Pathologists, Academy of Medicine Malaysia 2009
Subjects:	R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine
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spelling	iium-133832019-06-13T08:14:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/13383/ A mimicry of melioidosis by Klebsiella ozaenae infection Ng, Teck Han How, Soon Hin Kuan, Yeh Chunn Salam, Adzura Abd. Aziz, Azian Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine Klebsiella ozaenae is a Gram negative bacillus. It has been described as a colonizer of oral and nasopharyngeal mucosa and is a cause of atrophic rhinitis. Klebsiella ozaenae has seldom been isolated from serious infections. However, several reports have stated that Klebsiella ozaenae may cause invasive infections and even mortality. We report a 55-year-old man with Klebsiella ozaenae infection causing abscesses involving the right eye and left kidney and possibly also in the brain, lungs and prostate. The isolates were sensitive to ceftazidime, ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol, gentamicin and sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim but resistant to ampicillin. He responded well to 4 weeks of i.v. ceftazidime and i.v. amoxycillin-clavulanic acid. To our knowledge, such a multiorgan infection has not been reported previously for this organism. College of Pathologists, Academy of Medicine Malaysia 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/13383/1/A_mimicry_of_melioidosis_by_Klebsiella_ozaenae_infection.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/13383/4/13383%20A%20mimicry%20of%20melioidosis%20SCOPUS.pdf Ng, Teck Han and How, Soon Hin and Kuan, Yeh Chunn and Salam, Adzura and Abd. Aziz, Azian and Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi (2009) A mimicry of melioidosis by Klebsiella ozaenae infection. Malaysian Journal of Pathology, 31 (2). pp. 147-150. ISSN 0126-8635 http://mjpath.org.my/2009.2/11Mimicry.pdf
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spellingShingle	R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine Ng, Teck Han How, Soon Hin Kuan, Yeh Chunn Salam, Adzura Abd. Aziz, Azian Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi A mimicry of melioidosis by Klebsiella ozaenae infection
description	Klebsiella ozaenae is a Gram negative bacillus. It has been described as a colonizer of oral and nasopharyngeal mucosa and is a cause of atrophic rhinitis. Klebsiella ozaenae has seldom been isolated from serious infections. However, several reports have stated that Klebsiella ozaenae may cause invasive infections and even mortality. We report a 55-year-old man with Klebsiella ozaenae infection causing abscesses involving the right eye and left kidney and possibly also in the brain, lungs and prostate. The isolates were sensitive to ceftazidime, ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol, gentamicin and sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim but resistant to ampicillin. He responded well to 4 weeks of i.v. ceftazidime and i.v. amoxycillin-clavulanic acid. To our knowledge, such a multiorgan infection has not been reported previously for this organism.
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author	Ng, Teck Han How, Soon Hin Kuan, Yeh Chunn Salam, Adzura Abd. Aziz, Azian Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi
author_facet	Ng, Teck Han How, Soon Hin Kuan, Yeh Chunn Salam, Adzura Abd. Aziz, Azian Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi
author_sort	Ng, Teck Han
title	A mimicry of melioidosis by Klebsiella ozaenae infection
title_short	A mimicry of melioidosis by Klebsiella ozaenae infection
title_full	A mimicry of melioidosis by Klebsiella ozaenae infection
title_fullStr	A mimicry of melioidosis by Klebsiella ozaenae infection
title_full_unstemmed	A mimicry of melioidosis by Klebsiella ozaenae infection
title_sort	mimicry of melioidosis by klebsiella ozaenae infection
publisher	College of Pathologists, Academy of Medicine Malaysia
publishDate	2009
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/13383/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/13383/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/13383/1/A_mimicry_of_melioidosis_by_Klebsiella_ozaenae_infection.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/13383/4/13383%20A%20mimicry%20of%20melioidosis%20SCOPUS.pdf
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A mimicry of melioidosis by Klebsiella ozaenae infection

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