Hypervirulent (hvKp) causes increasing infections in healthy individuals from the community. In severe cases, it can cause multiple organ infection with invasive metastasis of blood sources, seriously threatening the patients' life. Rapid and accurate diagnosis of the pathogen becomes the key to timely antibiotic treatment to improve the prognosis. This article reports a case of liver abscess complicated with multiple organ invasive infection caused by hematogenous-disseminated hvKp. was identified by culture and metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) using blood and liver abscess drainage fluid. The isolates from the two samples were subsequently identified with high homology (99.999%) by whole genome sequencing. In addition, multiple virulence genes were detected in the two isolates and the string test was positive, indicating hvKp with hypermucoviscosity phenotype. Multiple antibiotic treatments were given. The conditions of the patient were stable but the temperature remained high. Surgical drainage treatment was performed, and the patient's body temperature immediately dropped to normal. He finally recovered after 6 months of follow-up. mNGS using body fluids can facilitate the rapid diagnosis of pathogens. For hvKp infection, choosing a better antibiotic therapy and receiving surgical drainage can significantly improve the prognosis of the patient.

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