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

C. Pichler; M. Büchsel; J. W. Rossen; M. Vavra; S. Reuter; W. V. Kern; R. Thimme; A. Mischnik

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2017.02.006

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

C. Pichler, M. Büchsel, J. W. Rossen, M. Vavra, S. Reuter, W. V. Kern, R. Thimme, A. Mischnik^*

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	New Microbes and New Infections
Volume	17
Pages (from-to)	77-80
Number of pages	4
ISSN	2052-2975
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2017.02.006
Publication status	Published - 01.05.2017

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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

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