A Fatal Case of Meningitis Complicating Chronic Otitis Media and Base of Skull Osteomyelitis due to Carbapenemase (OXA-48)-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

A Fatal Case of Meningitis Complicating Chronic Otitis Media and Base of Skull Osteomyelitis due to Carbapenemase (OXA-48)-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Abstract Osteomyelitis of the base of the skull is a rare alphaville clothing but life-threatening disease.Although Klebsiella pneumoniae is not a pathogen that is frequently associated with this infection, the clinical course can rapidly progress to meningitis.Here, we describe a case of chronic otitis media, secondary to OXA-48K.pneumoniae, which aluminum lotion was complicated by osteomyelitis of the base of the skull and fatal meningitis.