CIKPLA: Cryptogenic Invasive Klebsiella Pneumoniae Liver Abscess (and Meningitis), and Emerging Disease in South Africa?

Abstract

Disseminated Klebsiella bacteraemic syndrome and cryptogenic invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae-associated liver abscess (CIKPLA) have been well described in Taiwan. However, CIKPLA has never been described in patients in South Africa. The main aim of this case report is to describe the occurrence of this syndrome in a South African man, not of Asian descent, in order to highlight to clinicians the possibility of its occurrence in South Africa.