Liver Abscess Caused by Infection with Community-Acquired Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. quasipneumoniae

We report a case of pyogenic liver abscess caused by community-acquired Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. quasipneumoniae. The infecting isolate had 2 prominent features of hypervirulent K. pneumoniae strains: the capsular polysaccharide synthesis region for K1 serotype and the integrative and conju...

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Main Authors: Breurec, Sebastien, Melot, Benedicte, Hoen, Bruno, Passet, Virginie, Schepers, Kinda, Bastian, Sylvaine, Brisse, Sylvain
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4766917/