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J Infect Chemother
; 30(2): 154-158, 2024 Feb.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37776972
RESUMO
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) causes multisite infections and abscesses. However, endocarditis is a rare presentation of hvKP infection. Herein, we report a case of K. pneumoniae native valve infective endocarditis secondary to community-acquired liver and prostate abscesses. The patient developed papillary muscle rupture, leading to mitral regurgitation, and underwent emergent mitral valve replacement. The diagnosis of endocarditis was confirmed microbiologically and histologically. The causative strain belonged to the hypermucoid K1 capsular genotype and possessed the rmpA gene. The genome sequence was deposited in GenBank under the accession number JAQZBZ000000000.
Assuntos
Endocardite , Infecções por Klebsiella , Masculino , Humanos , Virulência/genética , Abscesso , Klebsiella pneumoniae/genética , Sorogrupo , Músculos Papilares , Infecções por Klebsiella/complicações , Infecções por Klebsiella/diagnóstico , Infecções por Klebsiella/microbiologia
2.
Pathol Int
; 71(11): 792-794, 2021 Nov.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34499789