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

COVID-19 and Fatal Sepsis Caused by Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae, Japan, 2020.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 15;27(2):
Authors: Hosoda T, Harada S, Okamoto K, Ishino S, Kaneko M, Suzuki M, Ito R, Mizoguchi M
Abstract
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.
PMID: 33320080 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - December 15, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Hosoda T, Harada S, Okamoto K, Ishino S, Kaneko M, Suzuki M, Ito R, Mizoguchi M Tags: Emerg Infect Dis Source Type: research