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

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
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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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