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ArticleInfection2014

Klebsiella pneumoniae pharyngitis mimicking malignancy: a diagnostic dilemma.

C-F Yeh, W-Y Li, Y-B Hsu

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Article in Infection, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Uncomplicated pharyngitis due to family transmission of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

C-F YehDepartment of Otolaryngology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shipai Rd, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan, R.O.C.
W-Y Li
Y-B Hsu
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWNational Yang Ming University Hospital · TWTaipei Veterans General Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute pharyngitis is a common disease. However, acute pharyngitis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae with a gross appearance mimicking hypopharyngeal malignancy has never previously been reported. We report the case of a 57-year-old man with a right hypopharyngeal tumor which was disclosed by fiberoptic laryngoscopy and computed tomography scan. However, both the frozen and final pathologies showed no evidence of malignant cells, and a bacterial culture revealed the growth of K. pneumoniae. The hypopharyngeal lesion completely regressed after 2 weeks of antibiotic treatment. Clinicians should perform biopsy along with tissue culture for tumor-like lesions because infectious agents can lead to lesions with malignancy-like appearance.

Indexed as

Diagnosis, DifferentialHumansHypopharyngeal NeoplasmsKlebsiella InfectionsKlebsiella pneumoniaeMaleMiddle AgedPharyngitis

Identifiers

PMID24925476
PMCPMC7100501
OpenAlexW2040113692

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