Gastrointestinal Bleeding during the Course of Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteremia

Abstract

In a 58-year-old woman presenting with abdominal pain, high fever, palpable purpuric rashes, and melena Henoch-Schönlein purpura was diagnosed. She had a history of diarrhea attack throughout 3 days which lasted 2 days before admission to our hospital. Blood culture yielded Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia. The patient was successfully treated with prednisone and ceftriaxone. This is the first case of Henoch-Schönlein purpura which is causally linked to Klebsiella pneumoniae.