Abstract

Hypervirulent strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae are associated with abscess formation, commonly hepatic, and metastatic spread, even in healthy patients. We describe a case of this clinical syndrome, genotypic and phenotypic features of the isolate, and briefly review epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and pathogenesis of this underappreciated syndrome.

Details

Title
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae
Author
Patel, Payal K 1 ; Russo, Thomas A 2 ; Karchmer, Adolf W 1 

 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 
 Veterans Administration Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, New York; Departments of Medicine; Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo-State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 
Publication year
2014
Publication date
Spring 2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
e-ISSN
23288957
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3170947340
Copyright
© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.