First case of bacteremic liver abscess caused by an ST260-related (ST1861), hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae

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¹ Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
² Institute of Microbiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Agostino Gemelli Hospital, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Florence Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy; Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: gianmaria.rossolini@unifi.it.

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Fabio Arena et al. J Infect. 2016 Jul.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.04.006. Epub 2016 Apr 13.

¹ Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
² Institute of Microbiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Agostino Gemelli Hospital, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Florence Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy; Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: gianmaria.rossolini@unifi.it.

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