Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2021)

Endogenous Endophthalmitis Caused by ST66-K2 Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae, United States

  • Edwin Kamau,
  • Paul R. Allyn,
  • Omer E. Beaird,
  • Kevin W. Ward,
  • Nancy Kwan,
  • Omai B. Garner,
  • Shangxin Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2708.210234
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 8
pp. 2215 – 2218

Abstract

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We describe a case of endogenous endophthalmitis caused by sequence type 66-K2 hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in a diabetic patient with no travel history outside the United States. Genomic analysis showed the pathogen has remained highly conserved, retaining >98% genetic similarity to the original strain described in Indonesia in 1935.

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