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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 556-559 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 02-2021 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Epidemiology
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases