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The First Case of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Due to Capsular Genotype K2-ST86 Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in Okinawa, Japan: A Case Report and Literature Review

Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (HV-KP) typically causes pyogenic liver abscess and bacteremia with metastatic infections. Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) due to HV-KP is uncommon and details of its clinical and microbiological features are limited. We report the first case of CAP due to caps...

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Autores principales: Hirai, Jun, Sakanashi, Daisuke, Kinjo, Takeshi, Haranaga, Shusaku, Fujita, Jiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7368129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32764999
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S252637