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A 44-year-old female patient complained of reddish painful eruptions in her face and body for 6 days.  The associated symptoms were itching and yellowish discharge from the eruptions, fever and weakness for 1 day. At the onset of symptoms, she consulted an allopathic doctor and tried topical applications and internal medications. The painful eruptions mostly increased and spread all over her face, while it subsided in the body. She felt intense pain and was advised to come for Ayurvedic treatment. She consulted Dr Sreejith. Based on the pus swab culture and sensitivity, the Biomedical diagnosis was made as Klebsiella pneumoniae induced infection and based on the clinical evaluation, the ayurvedic diagnosis was made as Paittika visarpam. The line of treatment followed was tridosha shamana, krimighna, sroto shodhana and kandu hara.  With the initiation of ayurvedic care, after 2 days of treatment, the fever subsided. With the 2 weeks of Ayurvedic treatment, the patient noticed significant relief in symptoms. After 1 month of treatment, the lesions completely healed and the patient attained normal skin tone. This case report narrates the successful standalone āyurvedic management of Klebsiella pneumoniae infection female patient who was not responding to standard of care, and the symptoms were worsening.