Rhabdomyolysis secondary to hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniaeinfection: a case report

Naoko Niimi^1*, Keiko Taga¹, Taiju Miyagami², Toshio Naito², Chieko Mitaka¹

¹Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine

²Department of General Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine

*Corresponding author: Naoko Niimi

E-mail address: n-niimi@juntendo.ac.jp

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine,

3-1-3, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8431, Japan

Phone: +81-3-3813-3111

Fax: +81-3-3811-7285

Coauthor e-mail addresses

Keiko Taga: k-taga@juntendo.ac.jp

Taiju Miyagami: tmiyaga@juntendo.ac.jp

Toshio Naito: naito@juntendo.ac.jp

Chieko Mitaka: c-mitaka@juntendo.ac.jp

Keywords: hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumonia ; liver abscess; rhabdomyolysis; septic shock