First report of invasive liver abscess syndrome with endophthalmitis caused by a K2 serotype ST2398 hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in Germany, 2016
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- C. Pichler; M. Büchsel; J.W. Rossen; M. Vavra; S. Reuter; W.V. Kern; R. Thimme; A. Mischnik
- Source
- New Microbes and New Infections, Vol 17, Iss C, Pp 77-80 (2017)
- Subject
- Endophthalmitis
hypervirulent
Klebsiella pneumoniae
liver abscess
ST2398
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2052-2975
We report a case of severe infection with liver abscess and endophthalmitis caused by a hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strain in an immunocompetent German male patient without travel history to Asia. Phenotypic and molecular characterization showed high similarity to the reference genome NTUH-K2044 isolated in Asia. The isolate was assigned as ST2398 (clonal complex 66). The findings underline global spread of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strains to Europe.