Late Klebsiella pneumoniae infection following breast augmentation: Case report

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 222-224

  Bernardi, Claudio ^a,b   Saccomanno, Flavio ^a  

^a Villa Massimo Medical Center ^*

^b Villa Massimo Medical Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast implant infection; Klebsiella pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST ABSCESS; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MASTITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BREAST IMPLANTATION; BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031811009     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002669900194     Document Type: Article

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