COVID-19 and Fatal Sepsis Caused by Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae, Japan, 2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Hosoda, Tomohiro ; Harada, Sohei ; Okamoto, Koh ; Ishino, Sumire ; Kaneko, Makoto ; Suzuki, Masahiro ; Ito, Ryota ; Mizoguchi, Miyuki
• Description:
  A patient in Japan with coronavirus disease and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae K2 sequence type 86 infection died of respiratory failure. Bacterial and fungal co-infections caused by region-endemic pathogens, including hypervirulent K. pneumoniae in eastern Asia, should be included in the differential diagnosis of coronavirus disease patients with acutely deteriorating condition.
• Subjects:
  Aged, 80 And Over Coinfection Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 Fatal Outcome Female Humans Klebsiella Infections Klebsiella Pneumoniae Sepsis Virulence

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(2):556-559
• Pubmed ID:
  33320080
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7853555
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Japan
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0ac0c8b773638776136aedcf0852d966c8d82418aee45b69e10b84cf24a3ac51
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/102490/cdc_102490_DS1.pdf
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