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Recurring Klebsiella pneumoniae Pyogenic Liver Abscesses in a Resident of San Diego, California, Due to a K1 Strain Carrying the Virulence Plasmid

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 vi...

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Main Authors: Fierer, Joshua, Walls, Lorraine, Chu, Pauline
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3232960/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21998428
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.05658-11
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