Bartholin's abscess caused by hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae

Benjamin A Pinsky; Ellen J Baron; J Michael Janda; Niaz Banaei

doi:10.1099/jmm.0.006734-0

Bartholin's abscess caused by hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae

J Med Microbiol. 2009 May;58(Pt 5):671-673. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.006734-0.

Authors

Benjamin A Pinsky¹, Ellen J Baron^{2

1}, J Michael Janda³, Niaz Banaei^{2

1}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
² Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
³ Microbial Diseases Laboratory, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA 94804, USA.

PMID: 19369531
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.006734-0

Abstract

Klebsiella pneumoniae serogroups displaying the hypermucoviscosity phenotype are associated with a distinct clinical syndrome characterized by liver abscesses, bacteraemia and metastatic lesions. We describe here what we believe to be the first reported case of hypermucoviscous K. pneumoniae causing a superficial Bartholin's abscess in the absence of systemic involvement.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abscess / drug therapy
Abscess / microbiology*
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bartholin's Glands / microbiology*
Bartholin's Glands / pathology*
Ciprofloxacin / therapeutic use*
Drainage
Female
Humans
Klebsiella Infections / diagnosis*
Klebsiella Infections / drug therapy
Klebsiella pneumoniae* / isolation & purification
Treatment Outcome
Vulvar Diseases / microbiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Ciprofloxacin