A case of neck abscess caused by rare hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae, capsular type K20 and sequence type 420

• Main Authors: John Alexander McHardy (Author), Vathshalan Selvaganeshapillai (Author), Priya Khanna (Author), Ashley Michael Whittington (Author), Jane Turton (Author), Guduru Gopal Rao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background This case report describes a neck abscess caused by a strain of Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in a middle aged man with diabetes without a history of travel to East and South East Asia. This case report is of notable significance as Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae neck...