A CASE OF SPONTANEOUS KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIA VENTRICULITIS FOLLOWING LEFT BASAL PNEUMONIA
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MEDICINE - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
We report a case of 35 year old male brought with a history of fever, headache and blurring of vision since three days. On examination, he had neck rigidity and bilateral crepts on auscultation with decreased air entry on left side. His total counts were raised, CSF showed leukocytosis and yielded Klebsiella pneumoniae on culture, chest radiograph revealed left mid and basal pneumonia.Patient was started on ticarcillin-clavlunate with tobramycin and later imipenem was added. Patient's condition improved over th time and was discharged on 14 day after complete recovery.
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Dr. L. S. Patil, Dr. Vijaya L. Patil, Dr. Deepak R. Chinagi, Dr. Shruti Sheelin
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