title: Recurring Klebsiella pneumoniae pyogenic liver abscesses in a resident of San Diego, California, due to a K1 strain carrying the virulence plasmid.
abstract: We report a diabetic patient who had three episodes of cryptogenic liver abscess due to Klebsiella pneumoniae. He was a Caucasian who lived in California and had no epidemiological connection to East Asia. The isolate from his third episode was a hyperviscous K1 strain that carried the Klebsiella virulence plasmid.
authors: VA Healthcare, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161, USA. jfierer@ucsd.edu
authors: Joshua
authors: J
authors: Fierer
authors: Lorraine
authors: L
authors: Walls
authors: Pauline
authors: P
authors: Chu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D016667:Bacterial Capsules / Q000032:analysis*; D002140:California; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D046290:Liver Abscess, Pyogenic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010957:Plasmids; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012008:Recurrence; D012703:Serotyping; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014774:Virulence; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D037521:Virulence Factors; C036962:capsular polysaccharide K1