Characteristics of Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates from Stool Samples of Patients with Liver Abscess Caused by Hypervirulent K. pneumoniae.
Jong Hun KimYoojung JeongChang Kyu LeeSun Bean KimYoung Kyoung YoonJang Wook SohnMin Ja KimPublished in: Journal of Korean medical science (2020)
This study suggests that significant heterogeneity of K. pneumoniae colonizing intestinal tract of the hvKP liver abscess patients. Further studies involving a larger number of hvKP liver abscess patients with continuing surveillance are needed to define the changing epidemiology and the role of gastrointestinal K. pneumoniae in the hvKP liver abscess patients in the ROK.