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Case Report

Case Report of Primary Lung Abscesses Due to Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (Serotype K2, Sequence Type 375): an Emerging Isolate in Okinawa, Japan

Jun Hirai1 Department of Internal Medicine, Okinawa Miyako Hospital, Okinawa906-0012, Japan;2 Department of Infectious, Respiratory and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa903-0215, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Daisuke Sakanashi3 Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Aichi480-1195, Japan
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Masashi Momose1 Department of Internal Medicine, Okinawa Miyako Hospital, Okinawa906-0012, Japan
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Tomomi Koga4 Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa903-0215, Japan
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Takeshi Kinjo2 Department of Infectious, Respiratory and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa903-0215, Japan
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Shusaku Haranaga5 Comprehensive Health Professions Education Center, University of the Ryukyus Hospital, Okinawa903-0215, Japan
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Eiji Motonaga6 Department of General Medicine, Okinawa Miyako Hospital, Okinawa906-0012, Japan
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Jiro Fujita2 Department of Infectious, Respiratory and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa903-0215, Japan
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Pages 1691-1695 | Published online: 10 Jun 2020

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