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SUBMITTER: Pichler C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5376316 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pichler C C Büchsel M M Rossen J W JW Vavra M M Reuter S S Kern W V WV Thimme R R Mischnik A A
New microbes and new infections 20170303
We report a case of severe infection with liver abscess and endophthalmitis caused by a hypervirulent <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> 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 <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> strains to Europe. ...[more]