A Clinical Report of <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Treated with pattern identification according to principles of defense, Gi, nutrient and blood

Lee, Ju-il; Seo, Un-kyo

The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine > Volume 28(1); 2007 > Article

Case Report

The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine 2007;28(1): 176-186.

衛氣營血辨證을 통한 Klebsiella pneumoniae에 대한 임상증례 보고

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동국대학교 한의과대학 내과학교실

A Clinical Report of Klebsiella pneumoniae Treated with pattern identification according to principles of defense, Gi, nutrient and blood

Ju-il Lee, Un-kyo Seo

Dept. of Oriental Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongguk University

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Un-kyo Seo ,Tel: 031-710-3751, Fax: 031-710-3734, Email: high418@hanmail.net

Published online: March 30, 2007.

ABSTRACT

Inspiratory pneumoniais one of the common complications in stroke patients who have dysphagia. Pneumonia due to Klebsiella bacteria shows higher fatality than other bacteria. For this reason, K. pneumoniae can be fatal to immune deficient patients. The purpose of this paper is to report the adapting pattern identification according to principles of defense, Gi, nutrients and blood on K. pneumoniae treatment. In this case, improvement was seen in a stroke patient with dysphagia diagnosed with K. pneumoniae by X-ray, sputum culture, and by using Cheonghobyulgaptang as a way of nourishing Eum and clearing heat, because in this case K. pneumoniae was presumed to cause Eumdeficiency due to the chronic low fever, cough, sputum and weakness. This paper proposes that adapting pattern identification according to principles of defense, Gi, nutrients and blood can increase the efficiency of K. pneumoniae treatment.

Key words: Klebsiella pneumoniae, Cheonghobyulgaptang(菁蒿鱉甲湯), differentiation of epidemic febrile diseases(衛氣營血辨證)