COVID-19 and Fatal Sepsis Caused by Hypervirulent <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>, Japan, 2020
Tomohiro Hosoda, Sohei Harada, Koh Okamoto, Sumire Ishino, Makoto Kaneko, Masahiro Suzuki, Ryota Ito, Miyuki Mizoguchi
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.
Topics & Concepts
Klebsiella pneumoniaeVirologyKlebsiella infectionsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Microbiology2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSepsisSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)MedicineBiologyImmunologyOutbreakEscherichia coliInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseInternal medicineGeneBiochemistryAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaAntibiotic Use and ResistanceBacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing