Unique North American isolates of severe metastatic hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strain infections with hepatic abscesses seen in young patients within Texas.

<h4>Rationale</h4>Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) infections have principally been identified in Asia. Within a two-month period, two patients between the ages of 30 to 50 years old presented to a tertiary referral hospital in Texas with septic shock, hepatic abscess, and sept...

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Main Authors: Junaid M Alam, Eric N Riha, Haris Ahmed, Hong M Thai, Kevin Garnepudi, Ramesh B Kesavan, Gnananandh Jayaraman, Anna Sangster, Dylan Curry, Heidi A Butz, Lori Smith, Maureen Vowles, Kelly F Oakeson, Erin L Young, Siva T Sarva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0308305&type=printable
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