Background
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) infections are known
to have unique complications of septicemia, pyogenic liver abscess,
endophthalmitis, and metastatic spread of abscesses to distant sites
[1]. This infection also tends to affect healthy young patients
compared to known Klebsiella pneumoniae , which is now recognized
as classical Klebsiella pneumoniae (cKP) differentiated from hvKP
[1]. Although various complications have been identified in hvKP,
rhabdomyolysis due to hvKP infection is rare. Indeed, to the best of our
knowledge, there is only one case report published in English,
describing a case of Klebsiella pneumoniae infection complicated
with rhabdomyolysis. However, the reported case was not specified as
hvKP. Accordingly, this article might be the first report describing
rhabdomyolysis due to hvKP infection.
We present our case of rhabdomyolysis secondary to hvKP infection
involving septic shock from which the patient recovered.