Open AccessFamilial Spread of a Virulent Clone of Klebsiella pneumoniae Causing Primary Liver Abscess
Author(s) -
Sohei Harada,
Kazuhiro Tateda,
Hiroshi Mitsui,
Yusuke Hattori,
Masao Okubo,
Sei Kimura,
Kenichiro Sekigawa,
Katsuya Kobayashi,
Naoaki Hashimoto,
Satoru Itoyama,
Tatsuro Nakai,
Takeo Suzuki,
Yoshikazu Ishii,
Keizo Yamaguchi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00034-11
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , liver abscess , virulence , clone (java method) , microbiology and biotechnology , klebsiella , biology , klebsiella infections , abscess , bacterial capsule , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , virology , genotype , gene , escherichia coli , genetics
Capsule-formingKlebsiella pneumoniae K1 caused primary liver abscess in two household members of a family. The causative isolates had identical pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns and were determined to be sequence type 23. An additional member of the family was found to carry the same strain without clinical manifestation.