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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.

SUBMITTER: Pichler C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5376316 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

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]

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