Community-acquired meningitis caused by a CG86 hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strain: first case report in the Caribbean

BACKGROUND: Community-acquired bacterial meningitis due to Klebsiella pneumoniae has mainly been described in Southeast Asia and has a poor prognosis. Severe invasive infections caused by K. pneumoniae, including meningitis, are often due to hypervirulent strains (hvKP), which are characterized by c...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC Infect Dis
Hauptverfasser: Melot, Bénédicte, Brisse, Sylvain, Breurec, Sébastien, Passet, Virginie, Malpote, Edith, Lamaury, Isabelle, Thiery, Guillaume, Hoen, Bruno
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: BioMed Central 2016
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5142283/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27923372
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-2065-2
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