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 under...

We report a rare case of cervical spinal epidural abscess due to Klebsiella pneumoniae. While the most likely pathogen is Staphylococcus aureus, 2.5% of CNS infections have been attributed to Klebsiella pneumoniae. The source of infection in this case is suspected to be from cervical vertebra osteomyelitis/discitis that expanded to epidural space. Prompt drainage of the abscess by decompression...

Background. According to the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network, Romania reports an increasing number of resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains from invasive infections every year. Material and Method. We analyzed the antimicrobial susceptibility of Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated from blood in 2010 and 2015 in "Matei Bals" National Institute of Infectious Diseases, ...

BACKGROUND Community-acquired bacterial meningitis due to Klebsiella pneumoniae has mainly been described in Southeast Asia and has a poor prognosis. Severe invasive infections caused by K. pneumoniae, including meningitis, are often due to hypervirulent strains (hvKP), which are characterized by capsular serotypes K1 and K2, a gene responsible for hypermucoviscosity, and the cluster for synthe...

Citation: Du X, He F, Shi Q, Zhao F, Xu J, Fu Y and Yu Y (2018) The Rapid Emergence of Tigecycline Resistance in blaKPC−2 Harboring Klebsiella pneumoniae, as Mediated in Vivo by Mutation in tetA During Tigecycline Treatment. Front. Microbiol. 9:648. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00648 The Rapid Emergence of Tigecycline Resistance in blaKPC−2 Harboring Klebsiella pneumoniae, as Mediated in Vivo by Mut...

background :   this study was to evaluate the prevalence of ctx-mand tem type esbls-producing k. pneumoniae and determination of mdr, xdr, and pdr phenotypes of these isolates as well as find out the genetic relationship and molecular typing of these isolates using phenotypic and genotypic methods. methods :   non-repetitive 96 k. pneumonia isolates were isolated from hospitalized patients in a...

background and aims: herbal medicines are the major remedy in traditional medical systems and have a great contribution in maintaining human health and preventing many infectious diseases. the aim of this study was to assay antibacterial potential of marrubium vulgare l. extract against klebsiella pneumoniae resistant strains to current antibiotics and also gc/ms analysis to better understandin...

background: ctx-m-type β-lactamases are increasingly becoming the predominant esbls globally in recent years. integrons are genetic elements which can integrate gene cassettes, usually antibiotic resistance genes. objectives: the aims were to determine antibiotic susceptibility and to detect genes encoding ctx-m-1 group enzymes and class 1, 2, and 3 integrons among the klebsiella pneumoniae iso...