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RESEARCH ARTICLE

First Case of Liver Abscess in Scandinavia Due to the International Hypervirulent Klebsiella Pneumoniae Clone ST23

Svend Gundestrup 1 Carsten Struve 2 , 3 Steen G. Stahlhut 2 Dennis SchrØder Hansen 4 , * Open Modal Authors Info & Affiliations
The Open Microbiology Journal • 7 Mar 2014 • RESEARCH ARTICLE • DOI: 10.2174/1874285801408010022

Abstract

This is the first case report from Scandinavia of a pyogenic liver abscess caused by a Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate belonging to the international hyper virulent clone ST23. The patient, an 85-year old Caucasian, had no history of foreign travel or any classical predisposing factors for infection. The isolate was hypermucoviscous of capsular serotype K1 and carried the virulence factors aerobactin, allS, kfu and rmpA.

Keywords: Klebsiella pneumoniae, liver abscess, ST23.
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