TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 and fatal sepsis caused by hypervirulent klebsiella pneumoniae, Japan, 2020
AU - Hosoda, Tomohiro
AU - Harada, Sohei
AU - Okamoto, Koh
AU - Ishino, Sumire
AU - Kaneko, Makoto
AU - Suzuki, Masahiro
AU - Ito, Ryota
AU - Mizoguchi, Miyuki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid2702.204662
DO - 10.3201/eid2702.204662
M3 - Article
C2 - 33320080
AN - SCOPUS:85099926974
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 27
SP - 556
EP - 559
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 2
ER -
