Breakthrough and persistent bacteremia due to serotype K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae in an immunocompetent patient

Herein, we report a case of breakthrough and persistent bacteremia due to serotype K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae in an immunocompetent 53- year-old man. He was diagnosed with pyogenic spondylitis owing to back pain and based on magnetic resonance imaging findings. On admission, several imaging studies we...

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Main Authors: Taketomo Maruki, Daisuke Taniyama, Yumi Tsuchiya, Tomohide Adachi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:IDCases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920302018