Liver abscess caused by magA+ Klebsiella pneumoniae in North America

Ferric C Fang; Netanya Sandler; Stephen J Libby

doi:10.1128/JCM.43.2.991-992.2005

Liver abscess caused by magA+ Klebsiella pneumoniae in North America

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Feb;43(2):991-2. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.991-992.2005.

Authors

Ferric C Fang¹, Netanya Sandler, Stephen J Libby

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine and Harborview Medical Center, Box 357242, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. fcfang@u.washington.edu

Abstract

Taiwan has witnessed an emerging syndrome of liver abscess caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying the magA gene required for exopolysaccharide web biosynthesis. We report a patient transferred from Alaska to Washington State with a magA(+) K. pneumoniae liver abscess and describe a simple approach for recognition of these hypervirulent strains.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Alaska / epidemiology
Bacteremia / complications
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
Humans
Klebsiella Infections / complications*
Klebsiella Infections / microbiology
Klebsiella pneumoniae / growth & development
Klebsiella pneumoniae / pathogenicity*
Liver Abscess / etiology*
Liver Abscess / microbiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype
Polysaccharides, Bacterial / metabolism
Washington / epidemiology

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
MagA protein, Klebsiella pneumoniae
Polysaccharides, Bacterial