Emerging K1 serotype Klebsiella pneumoniae primary liver abscess: three cases presenting to a single university hospital in Norway

Kristoffer Holmås; Aasmund Fostervold; Steen Gustav Stahlhut; Carsten Struve; Jan Cato Holter

doi:10.1002/ccr3.77

Emerging K1 serotype Klebsiella pneumoniae primary liver abscess: three cases presenting to a single university hospital in Norway

Clin Case Rep. 2014 Aug;2(4):122-7. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.77. Epub 2014 May 25.

Authors

Kristoffer Holmås¹, Aasmund Fostervold², Steen Gustav Stahlhut³, Carsten Struve⁴, Jan Cato Holter¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Akershus University Hospital Akershus, Norway ; Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo Oslo, Norway.
² Department of Microbiology, Akershus University Hospital Akershus, Norway.
³ Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut Copenhagen, Denmark ; WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Escherichia and Klebsiella, Statens Serum Institut Copenhagen, Denmark.

PMID: 25356268
PMCID: PMC4184646
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.77

Abstract

Community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae primary liver abscess (KLA) has been emerging worldwide over the past two decades and with high incidence in Asia. The presence of specific virulence characteristics is a risk factor for a syndrome with metastatic complications. This report signals an increasing emergence in Northern Europe.

Keywords: Community-acquired infections; K1; Klebsiella pneumoniae; liver abscess.