Peculiar purulence: Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae causing pyomyositis
This report describes the first confirmed case of isolated pyomyositis caused by a hypervirulent strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Pyomyositis is almost universally caused by gram-positive organisms and while the recent emergence of invasive disease due to hypervirulent K. pneumoniae has been well do...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-12-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971217302576 |