Community-acquired invasive liver abscess syndrome caused by a K1 serotype Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate in Brazil: a case report of hypervirulent ST23

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2014 Nov;109(7):970-1. doi: 10.1590/0074-0276140196. Epub 2014 Oct 14.

Authors

Rosane L Coutinho¹, Marina F Visconde², Fernanda J Descio¹, Adriana G Nicoletti², Flavia C L Pinto¹, Ana Carolina R da Silva², Fernanda Rodrigues-Costa², Ana C Gales², Guilherme H C Furtado¹

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
² Divisão de Doenças Infecciosas, Departamento de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

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Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter baumannii / growth & development
Bacteremia
Brazil
Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Klebsiella Infections / complications*
Klebsiella pneumoniae / classification
Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification
Klebsiella pneumoniae / pathogenicity*
Liver Abscess / blood
Liver Abscess / microbiology*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
Serogroup*
Species Specificity
Syndrome
Virulence