Community-acquired meningitis caused by a CG86 hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strain: first case report in the Caribbean

BACKGROUND: Community-acquired bacterial meningitis due to Klebsiella pneumoniae has mainly been described in Southeast Asia and has a poor prognosis. Severe invasive infections caused by K. pneumoniae, including meningitis, are often due to hypervirulent strains (hvKP), which are characterized by c...

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Autores principales: Melot, Bénédicte, Brisse, Sylvain, Breurec, Sébastien, Passet, Virginie, Malpote, Edith, Lamaury, Isabelle, Thiery, Guillaume, Hoen, Bruno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5142283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27923372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-2065-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5142283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27923372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-2065-2

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