A case of invasive infection caused by a highly virulent strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae displaying hypermucoviscosity in a patient with hepatic involvement without liver abscess.

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Klebsiella pneumoniae is an opportunistic nosocomial pathogen belonging to the Enterobacteriaceae family that is associated with a wide range of infections. In the 1980s a new hypervirulent (hypermucoviscous) variant of Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) emerged in southeast Asia and is now increasingly spreading to Western countries due to an invasive syndrome. hvKP isolates can cause serious, life-threatening...

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