TY - JOUR AU - Hosoda, Tomohiro AU - Harada, Sohei AU - Okamoto, Koh AU - Ishino, Sumire AU - Kaneko, Makoto AU - Suzuki, Masahiro AU - Ito, Ryota AU - Mizoguchi, Miyuki T1 - COVID-19 and Fatal Sepsis Caused by Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae, Japan, 2020 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 2 SP - 556 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - 2019 novel coronavirus disease KW - coronavirus disease KW - COVID-19 KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - viruses KW - respiratory infections KW - zoonoses KW - hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae KW - bacteria KW - co-infection KW - sepsis KW - string test KW - Japan DO - 10.3201/eid2702.204662 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/2/20-4662_article ER - End of Reference