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Aug 2026
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae ST23 causing pyogenic liver abscess and metastatic endogenous endophthalmitis in Europe: a case report
A 77-year-old woman who presented with fever and right upper quadrant abdominal pain was diagnosed with a second episode of PLA within 3 months, caused by hypervirulent Kp, and whole-genome sequencing identified the isolate as hypervirulent Kp (hvKp) sequence type 23 (ST23).
Laura Veinberga, Anna Elizabete Liepina, I. Markevica et al.
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