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

• Published in: Clinical case reports Vol. 2; no. 4; pp. 122 - 127
• Main Authors: Holmås, Kristoffer, Fostervold, Aasmund, Stahlhut, Steen Gustav, Struve, Carsten, Holter, Jan Cato
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01-08-2014; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Abdomen; Antibiotics; Case Reports; Catheters; Community‐acquired infections; Diabetes; Dyspnea; Family medical history; Fever; Glucose; Hospitals; Hypertension; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Laboratories; Liver; liver abscess; Medical imaging; Metastasis; Mortality; Pain; Patients; Phosphatase; Proteins; Ultrasonic imaging; Urine; Thailand; Norway; West Africa; liver abscess; Community-acquired infections; K1; Klebsiella pneumoniae
• ISSN: 2050-0904; 2050-0904
• DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.77

Key Clinical Message
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.
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.