title: Primary liver abscess due to CC23-K1 virulent clone of Klebsiella pneumoniae in France.
abstract: Since the mid-1980s, Klebsiella pneumoniae hypermucoviscous isolates have emerged in Taiwan and other Asian countries. We reported the first autochthonous European liver abscess due to an ST57 isolate, which belongs to virulent clonal complex CC23-K1. This case highlights the emergence in France and Europe of hypermucoviscous virulent K. pneumoniae isolates.
authors: Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France. audrey.merlet@chu-bordeaux.fr
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Merlet
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Cazanave
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Dutronc
authors: B
authors: B
authors: de Barbeyrac
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Brisse
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Dupon
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing