title: Familial spread of a virulent clone of Klebsiella pneumoniae causing primary liver abscess.
abstract: Capsule-forming Klebsiella pneumoniae K1 caused primary liver abscess in two household members of a family. The causative isolates had identical pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns and were determined to be sequence type 23. An additional member of the family was found to carry the same strain without clinical manifestation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan. haradas-tky@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Sohei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tateda
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mitsui
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okubo
authors.forename: Sei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Kenichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sekigawa
authors.forename: Katsuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Naoaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Itoyama
authors.forename: Tatsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: Takeo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Keizo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D010641:Phenotype; D055815:Young Adult