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J Med Microbiol 58 (2009), 671-673; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.006734-0
© 2009 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 0022-2615

Case Report

Bartholin's abscess caused by hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae

Benjamin A. Pinsky1, Ellen J. Baron1,2, J. Michael Janda3 and Niaz Banaei1,2

1 Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

2 Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA

3 Microbial Diseases Laboratory, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA 94804, USA

Correspondence
Benjamin A. Pinsky
bpinsky{at}stanford.edu

Received September 19, 2008
Accepted January 11, 2009

Klebsiella pneumoniae serogroups displaying the hypermucoviscosity phenotype are associated with a distinct clinical syndrome characterized by liver abscesses, bacteraemia and metastatic lesions. We describe here what we believe to be the first reported case of hypermucoviscous K. pneumoniae causing a superficial Bartholin's abscess in the absence of systemic involvement.






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