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Woman's Rare Infection Reveals Bacterial Evolution Within Patient
A 63-year-old woman's sudden vision loss led doctors to discover a brain abscess caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae. Genomic sequencing revealed the bacteria evolved within her, developing a hypervirulent, 'goopy' variant that disseminated from a urinary tract infection to her brain and eye, a phenomenon termed 'heterovirulence'.
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