First report of invasive liver abscess syndrome with endophthalmitis caused by a K2 serotype ST2398 hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in Germany, 2016

Abstract: We report a case of severe infection with liver abscess and endophthalmitis caused by a hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strain in an immunocompetent German male patient without travel history to Asia. Phenotypic and molecular characterization showed high similarity to the reference genome NTUH-K2044 isolated in Asia. The isolate was assigned as ST2398 (clonal complex 66). The findings underline global spread of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strains to Europe

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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New microbes and new infections. - 17 (2017) , 77-80, ISSN: 2052-2975

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Freiburg
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2019
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DOI
10.1016/j.nmni.2017.02.006
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-1380142
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