Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a woman with a CDH1 gene mutation
The CDH1 gene, which encodes E-cadherin, may be associated with cancer when mutated, but the significance of mutations in the context of infection is unknown. In this report, we describe a case of disseminated hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a 49 year old Caucasian woman with a docu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-01-01
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Series: | IDCases |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920303085 |