Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a woman with a CDH1 gene mutation

The CDH1 gene, which encodes E-cadherin, may be associated with cancer when mutated, but the significance of mutations in the context of infection is unknown. In this report, we describe a case of disseminated hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a 49 year old Caucasian woman with a docu...

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Autores principales: Kaye, Alexander J., Chin, Adam T., Liang, Michelle C., Viau Colindres, Roberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7677705/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33251111
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e01000
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author Kaye, Alexander J.
Chin, Adam T.
Liang, Michelle C.
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description The CDH1 gene, which encodes E-cadherin, may be associated with cancer when mutated, but the significance of mutations in the context of infection is unknown. In this report, we describe a case of disseminated hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a 49 year old Caucasian woman with a documented CDH1 mutation.
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spelling pubmed-76777052020-11-27 Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a woman with a CDH1 gene mutation Kaye, Alexander J. Chin, Adam T. Liang, Michelle C. Viau Colindres, Roberto IDCases Case Report The CDH1 gene, which encodes E-cadherin, may be associated with cancer when mutated, but the significance of mutations in the context of infection is unknown. In this report, we describe a case of disseminated hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a 49 year old Caucasian woman with a documented CDH1 mutation. Elsevier 2020-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7677705/ /pubmed/33251111 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e01000 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Kaye, Alexander J.
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title_full Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a woman with a CDH1 gene mutation
title_fullStr Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a woman with a CDH1 gene mutation
title_full_unstemmed Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a woman with a CDH1 gene mutation
title_short Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a woman with a CDH1 gene mutation
title_sort hypervirulent klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a woman with a cdh1 gene mutation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7677705/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33251111
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e01000
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