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Article: Klebsiella infection in patients with thalassemia

TitleKlebsiella infection in patients with thalassemia
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Issue Date2003
PublisherOxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/cid/
Citation
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2003, v. 36 n. 5, p. 575-579 How to Cite?
AbstractKlebsiella infection has previously been reported in a few patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia. The incidence and clinical spectrum of this infection in our cohort of patients were reviewed retrospectively. Among 160 patients observed for 12 years, there were 15 episodes of Klebsiella infection that occurred in 12 patients (7.5%), resulting in an incidence of 0.78 infections per 100 patient-years. The clinical spectrum included sinusitis (4 cases), intracranial infection (5 cases), septicemia (4 cases), and abscesses of the liver, lung, kidney, and parotid gland (1 case each). Three patients had recurrent infections involving different sites, 2 (16%) died of fulminant septicemia, and 3 (25%) had significant permanent neurological deficits. The antibiotic susceptibility pattern for the isolates was similar to the pattern for isolates recovered in the community. With regard to predisposing factors, iron overload and liver function derangement were found to be significant on univariate analysis (P = .046 and P = .049, respectively) but insignificant on multivariate analysis. Klebsiella infection was a serious and frequently encountered complication in our patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia, resulting in high mortality and morbidity rates.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/43146
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dc.contributor.authorChung, BHYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHa, SYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, GCFen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChiang, Aen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLee, TLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHo, HKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLee, CYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLuk, CWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLau, YLen_HK
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dc.identifier.citationClinical Infectious Diseases, 2003, v. 36 n. 5, p. 575-579en_HK
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dc.description.abstractKlebsiella infection has previously been reported in a few patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia. The incidence and clinical spectrum of this infection in our cohort of patients were reviewed retrospectively. Among 160 patients observed for 12 years, there were 15 episodes of Klebsiella infection that occurred in 12 patients (7.5%), resulting in an incidence of 0.78 infections per 100 patient-years. The clinical spectrum included sinusitis (4 cases), intracranial infection (5 cases), septicemia (4 cases), and abscesses of the liver, lung, kidney, and parotid gland (1 case each). Three patients had recurrent infections involving different sites, 2 (16%) died of fulminant septicemia, and 3 (25%) had significant permanent neurological deficits. The antibiotic susceptibility pattern for the isolates was similar to the pattern for isolates recovered in the community. With regard to predisposing factors, iron overload and liver function derangement were found to be significant on univariate analysis (P = .046 and P = .049, respectively) but insignificant on multivariate analysis. Klebsiella infection was a serious and frequently encountered complication in our patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia, resulting in high mortality and morbidity rates.en_HK
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dc.rightsClinical Infectious Diseases. Copyright © University of Chicago Press.en_HK
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_HK
dc.subject.meshAnti-bacterial agents - therapeutic useen_HK
dc.subject.meshKlebsiella infections - complications - drug therapy - epidemiologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshKlebsiella pneumoniae - drug effectsen_HK
dc.subject.meshThalassemia - complicationsen_HK
dc.titleKlebsiella infection in patients with thalassemiaen_HK
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