COVID-19 and Fatal Sepsis Caused by Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae, Japan, 2020

• DOI: 10.3201/eid2702.204662
• Publication Date: 2021-01-23T23:59:05Z
• Authors: Tomohiro Hosoda; Sohei Harada; Koh Okamoto; Sumire Ishino; Makoto Kaneko; Masahiro Suzuki; Ryota Ito; Miyuki Mizoguchi
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; 2019 novel coronavirus disease; 03 medical and health sciences; Fatal Outcome; Japan; Sepsis; Humans; viruses; Aged, 80 and over; Virulence; Coinfection; SARS-CoV-2; R; Dispatch; COVID-19; Klebsiella Infections; 3. Good health; Klebsiella pneumoniae; coronavirus disease; Medicine; Female; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

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.