Liver Abscess Caused by Infection with Community-Acquired Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. quasipneumoniae

Liver Abscess Caused by Infection with Community-Acquired Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. quasipneumoniae

We report a case of pyogenic liver abscess caused by community-acquired Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. quasipneumoniae. The infecting isolate had 2 prominent features of hypervirulent K. pneumoniae strains: the capsular polysaccharide synthesis region for K1 serotype and the integrative and conju...

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Auteurs principaux: Sebastien Breurec, Benedicte Melot, Bruno Hoen, Virginie Passet, Kinda Schepers, Sylvaine Bastian, Sylvain Brisse
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-03-01
Collection:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Sujets:
Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. quasipneumoniae
liver abscess
integrative and conjugative element ICEKp1
capsular serotype K1
bacteria
Accès en ligne:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/3/15-1466_article

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