| Literature DB >> 33320080 |
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.Entities:
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Japan; SARS-CoV-2; bacteria; co-infection; coronavirus disease; hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae; respiratory infections; sepsis; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; string test; viruses; zoonoses
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Year: 2020 PMID: 33320080 PMCID: PMC7853555 DOI: 10.3201/eid2702.204662
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Emerg Infect Dis ISSN: 1080-6040 Impact factor: 6.883