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Meningitis after prostatic abscess due to hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae
Meningitis tras absceso próstatico por Klebsiella pneumoniae hipervirulenta
Leticia Espinosa-del-Barrioa,
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leticiaespdelbarrio@gmail.com

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, Pedro Jesús Esteve Atiénzara, Elisabet Delgado Sánchezb
a Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
b Servicio de Enfermedad Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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hepatic or post-craniotomy origin &#40;following neurosurgery&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a></p><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Batson noted in 1940 that the vertebral venous plexuses anastomose with the sacral&#44; pelvic and prostatic venous plexuses&#44; providing a direct communication system from the peritoneum and superior vena cava to the cranioencephalic venous system&#46; This is the way tumours&#44; infections and emboli spread&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> In the present case&#44; Batson&#39;s plexus would explain the mechanism of infection by septic metastasis from a prostatic abscess to the lung&#44; spinal canal and brain&#46;</p><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Strains of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">hvKp</span> are common in haematogenous spread&#46; Kp infections are usually multi-system&#46; 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