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.