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

Authors :
Sebastien Breurec
Benedicte Melot
Bruno Hoen
Virginie Passet
Kinda Schepers
Sylvaine Bastian
Sylvain Brisse
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 22, Iss 3, Pp 529-531 (2016)
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016.

Abstract

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 conjugative element ICEKp1, which encodes the virulence factors yersiniabactin, salmochelin, and RmpA.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
22
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.65ac00c6e7514e9b867cd1db1f72163c
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2203.151466