Community-acquired meningitis caused by a CG86 hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strain: First case report in the Caribbean

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Melot, Bénédicte ^a   Brisse, Sylvain ^b,c   Breurec, Sébastien ^a,d,e   Passet, Virginie ^b,c   Malpote, Edith ^a   Lamaury, Isabelle ^a   Thiery, Guillaume ^a,e   Hoen, Bruno ^a,e  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Community acquired meningitis; ST86 hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strain

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; GLUCOSE; AEROBACTIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYDROXAMIC ACID; RMPA PROTEIN, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACUTE SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEVER; GENE CLUSTER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMIPARESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEPSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STIFF NECK; TREATMENT DURATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GUADELOUPE; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; SEROTYPE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CEFOTAXIME; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; GUADELOUPE; HUMANS; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMIDS; SEROGROUP; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 85002062936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-2065-2     Document Type: Article

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