title: Liver Abscess Caused by Infection with Community-Acquired Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. quasipneumoniae.
abstract: We report a case of pyogenic liver abscess caused by community-acquired Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. quasipneumoniae. The infecting isolate had 2 prominent features of hypervirulent K. pneumoniae strains: the capsular polysaccharide synthesis region for K1 serotype and the integrative and conjugative element ICEKp1, which encodes the virulence factors yersiniabactin, salmochelin, and RmpA.
authors.forename: Sebastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Breurec
authors.forename: Benedicte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Melot
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hoen
authors.forename: Virginie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Passet
authors.forename: Kinda
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schepers
authors.forename: Sylvaine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bastian
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brisse
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D046290:Liver Abscess, Pyogenic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D010802:Phylogeny; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D037521:Virulence Factors
keywords: Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. quasipneumoniae; bacteria; capsular serotype K1; integrative and conjugative element ICEKp1; liver abscess