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Case Reports
. 2012 Aug;45(4):321-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2011.09.014. Epub 2011 Dec 6.

Rapidly fatal community-acquired pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae complicated with acute myocarditis and accelerated idioventricular rhythm

Tzu-Yi Chuang  1 , Chou-Jui Lin, Shih-Wei Lee, Chun-Pin Chuang, Yuh-Shiun Jong, Wen-Jone Chen, Po-Ren Hsueh
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Rapidly fatal community-acquired pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae complicated with acute myocarditis and accelerated idioventricular rhythm

Tzu-Yi Chuang et al. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2012 Aug.
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Abstract

We describe a previously healthy 52-year-old man with rapidly fatal community-acquired pneumonia caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae. The patient developed acute renal dysfunction, accelerated idioventricular rhythm (acute myocarditis), lactic acidosis and septic shock. He died within 15 hours after admission despite intravenous levofloxacin (750 mg daily) and aggressive medical treatment.

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