Community-acquired liver abscess caused by capsular genotype K2-ST375 hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates

Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae has been associated with community-acquired liver abscesses in relatively healthy subjects since the 1990s, occasionally accompanied by disseminated disease. While isolates of capsular genotype K1 belonging to sequence type (ST) 23 have been the most prominent cau...

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Main Authors: Kosuke Hoashi, Sohei Harada, Yoshikazu Ishii, Kotaro Aoki, Shin Ishikawa, Yusuke Oshiro, Takashi Shinzato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:IDCases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221425091930109X