Open AccessSpontaneous community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults admitted to the intensive care units in the Caribbean French West Indies: Unusual prevalence of Klebsiella pneumonia
Author(s) -
Pascale Piednoir,
Ulrich Clarac,
Amélie Rollé,
Sylvaine Bastian,
Gaëlle Gruel,
Frédéric Martino,
Hossein Mehdaoui,
Marc Valette,
Sébastien Breurec,
Michel Carlès
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.1420
Subject(s) - west indies , meningitis , klebsiella pneumoniae , serotype , pneumonia , klebsiella pneumonia , medicine , klebsiella , bacterial meningitis , intensive care , university hospital , community acquired pneumonia , microbiology and biotechnology , pediatrics , virology , intensive care medicine , biology , bacteria , pseudomonas aeruginosa , ethnology , gene , genetics , biochemistry , escherichia coli , history
An unusual prevalence of Klebsiella pneumoniae (24%) was observed in 25 adults admitted to the intensive care units of two University Hospitals in the French West Indies, for spontaneous community-acquired bacterial meningitis. All tested isolates had several prominent features of hypervirulent isolates, including rmpa and iuc genes, K1 or K2 capsular serotypes.
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