Invasive liver abscess syndrome caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae: first Tanzanian experience

Authors

• Nadeem Mehboob Kassam, Aga Khan University Medical College, Kenya
• Omar Mohamed Aziz, Aga Khan Hospital, Tanzania
• Samina Sadrudin Somji, Aga Khan University Medical College, Kenya
• Zainab Yusuf Fidaali, Aga Khan Hospital, Tanzania
• Salim Ramzan Surani, United States of America

Document Type

Article

Department

Internal Medicine (East Africa); Imaging and Diagnostic Radiology (East Africa)

Abstract

Over the past 20 years there has been growing awareness of community-acquired primary liver abscess caused by strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) especially in patients of Asian descent, a minority of which are characterized by metastatic spread. A common and frequent destructive complication is endophthalmitis as well as the involvement of the central nervous system (CNS), causing suppurative meningitis or brain abscess. Here we report a case of invasive liver abscess caused by K. pneumoniae in an Asian patient who presented to our hospital in Tanzania with bilateral lower limb swelling for 6 weeks with acute onset of difficulty in breathing.

Publication (Name of Journal)

The Pan African Medical Journal

DOI

10.11604/pamj.2020.36.191.23070

Recommended Citation

Kassam, N. M., Aziz, O. M., Somji, S. S., Fidaali, Z. Y., Surani, S. R. (2020). Invasive liver abscess syndrome caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae: first Tanzanian experience. The Pan African Medical Journal.
Available at: https://ecommons.aku.edu/eastafrica_fhs_mc_intern_med/560