Infections caused by hypervirulent in non-endemic countries: three case reports and review of the literature.

Objectives: Spontaneous liver abscess caused by a hypervirulent strain was first described several decades ago in Taiwan and has been an emerging clinical entity worldwide ever since. We aimed to describe the clinical and microbiological characteristics of this infection in a non-endemic setting.

Methods: A narrative literature review was conducted in PubMed for European case reports of hypervirulent from 2016 to 2021.