Successful treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and continuous renal replacement therapy: A case report and literature review
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) causes invasive infections and leads to high morbidity and mortality rates. Here, we report the case of a Chinese man with diabetes mellitus who developed acute respiratory distress syndrome and septic shock due to hvKP belonging to the K1 strain. The patie...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-08-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.936927/full |