title: Emerging K1 serotype Klebsiella pneumoniae primary liver abscess: three cases presenting to a single university hospital in Norway.
abstract: Community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae primary liver abscess (KLA) has been emerging worldwide over the past two decades and with high incidence in Asia. The presence of specific virulence characteristics is a risk factor for a syndrome with metastatic complications. This report signals an increasing emergence in Northern Europe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Akershus University Hospital Akershus, Norway ; Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Kristoffer
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Holmås
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Akershus University Hospital Akershus, Norway.
authors.forename: Aasmund
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fostervold
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Steen Gustav
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Stahlhut
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut Copenhagen, Denmark ; WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Escherichia and Klebsiella, Statens Serum Institut Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Struve
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Akershus University Hospital Akershus, Norway ; Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Jan Cato
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Holter
keywords: Community-acquired infections; K1; Klebsiella pneumoniae; liver abscess