title: First Case of Liver Abscess in Scandinavia Due to the International Hypervirulent Klebsiella Pneumoniae Clone ST23.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Frederiksund Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: Svend
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gundestrup
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Denmark ; WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Escherichia and Klebsiella, Statens Serum Institut, Denmark.
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Struve
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Denmark.
authors.forename: Steen G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Stahlhut
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Herlev Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: Dennis Schrøder
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Hansen
keywords: Klebsiella pneumoniae; ST23.; liver abscess