Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center , Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Veterans Administration Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, New York ; Departments of Medicine ; Microbiology and Immunology , University at Buffalo-State University of New York , Buffalo, New York.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2014 Jun 2;1(1):ofu028. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofu028. eCollection 2014 Mar.
Hypervirulent strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae are associated with abscess formation, commonly hepatic, and metastatic spread, even in healthy patients. We describe a case of this clinical syndrome, genotypic and phenotypic features of the isolate, and briefly review epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and pathogenesis of this underappreciated syndrome.
产超广谱β-内酰胺酶肺炎克雷伯菌与脓肿形成有关,通常是肝脓肿,即使在健康患者中也会发生转移,我们描述了这种临床综合征的病例,分离株的表型和基因型特征,并简要回顾了这种被低估的综合征的流行病学、临床表现和发病机制。