Mohamed Ashref, Hall Connor, Hatch Michael, Ayan Mohamed, Winn Richard
Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texas (Mohamed, Hall, Hatch, Winn); and Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska (Ayan).
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2016 Apr;29(2):181-2. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2016.11929408.
Infective endocarditis caused by Klebsiella species is rare, with most isolates being K. pneumoniae. We report the case of a 24-year-old intravenous drug user with newly diagnosed seminoma who developed K. oxytoca endocarditis. In addition to having K. oxytoca isolated from blood culture, cultures of that species were obtained from a retroperitoneal metastasis found on original presentation.