Spontaneous community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults admitted to the intensive care units in the Caribbean French West Indies: Unusual prevalence of Klebsiella pneumonia

Spontaneous community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults admitted to the intensive care units in the Caribbean French West Indies: Unusual prevalence of Klebsiella pneumonia

An unusual prevalence of Klebsiella pneumoniae (24%) was observed in 25 adults admitted to the intensive care units of two University Hospitals in the French West Indies, for spontaneous community-acquired bacterial meningitis. All tested isolates had several prominent features of hypervirulent isol...

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Main Authors: Pascale Piednoir, Ulrich Clarac, Amélie Rolle, Sylvaine Bastian, Gaelle Gruel, Frédéric Martino, Hossein Mehdaoui, Marc Valette, Sébastien Breurec, Michel Carles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Meningitis
Klebsiella pneumonia
Virulence
Epidemiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220321342

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