First report of invasive liver abscess syndrome with endophthalmitis caused by a K2 serotype ST2398 hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in Germany, 2016

We report a case of severe infection with liver abscess and endophthalmitis caused by a hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strain in an immunocompetent German male patient without travel history to Asia. Phenotypic and molecular characterization showed high similarity to the reference genome NTUH-K...

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Autores principales: Pichler, C., Büchsel, M., Rossen, J.W., Vavra, M., Reuter, S., Kern, W.V., Thimme, R., Mischnik, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
New Resistant Microbes in Humans
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5376316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28392922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2017.02.006
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Sumario:We report a case of severe infection with liver abscess and endophthalmitis caused by a hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strain in an immunocompetent German male patient without travel history to Asia. Phenotypic and molecular characterization showed high similarity to the reference genome NTUH-K2044 isolated in Asia. The isolate was assigned as ST2398 (clonal complex 66). The findings underline global spread of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strains to Europe.

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