Klebsiella pneumoniae-induced mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta complicated by bloody pleural effusion - A case report

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 703-706

  Lai, Cha Po ^a   Wang, Ji Hung ^a   Chou, Tzy Wei ^a   Tseng, Wen Ping ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bloody pleural effusion; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Mycotic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEVER; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0029802259     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.60.703     Document Type: Article

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