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Invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae Syndrome in North America

2007; Oxford University Press; Volume: 45; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/519424

1537-6591

Krisztina A. Nadasy, Rana Domiati‐Saad, Marc Tribble,

Infections and bacterial resistance

Invasive liver abscess syndrome, which is caused by hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae subtypes, has been emerging worldwide over the past 2 decades. The syndrome is associated with the hypermucoviscosity phenotype of K. pneumoniae strains and with the magA and rmpA genes. We provide the first laboratory evidence of the presence of rmpA-positive K. pneumoniae in North America.