Invasive<i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>Infections, California, USA

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To the Editor: A distinctive form of tissue-invasive community-associated Klebsiella pneumoniae infection, typifi ed by primary liver abscess and bacteremia, has been well known in Asia for 2 decades (1-4). Association of these infections with a hypermucoviscous phenotype was discovered in 2004 (5). Certain genetic and virulence features were elucidated in that and subsequent reports (6).

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