CASE REPORT
Year : 2014  |  Volume : 7  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 232-235

Case of severe Friedlander's pneumonia with review of the literature


1 Department of Medicine, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Microbiology, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Correspondence Address:
Mukund Sudhakar Wasekar
Department of Medicine, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Deemed University), Pimpri, Pune - 411 018, Maharashtra
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.126365

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Friedlander's bacillus (Klebsiella pneumoniae) is among the most common Gram-negative bacteria encountered by physicians world-wide. Here, we report 31 years immunocompetent male who presented with fever, productive cough, hemoptysis, breathlessness and multi-organ failure with radiological evidence of total right upper lobe consolidation. Sputum microscopy, culture and blood culture - all confirmed Friedlander's bacillus as the etiology of this severe community acquired pneumonia with fatal outcome.


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