Community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia: Global differences in clinical patterns

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 160-166

  Ko, Wen Chien ^a   Paterson, David L ^b,c   Sagnimeni, Anthanasia J ^c   Hansen, Dennis S ^d   Von Gottberg, Anne ^e   Mohapatra, Sunita ^f   Casellas, Jose Maria ^g   Goossens, Herman ^h   Mulazimoglu, Lutfiye ⁱ   Trenholme, Gordon ^f   Klugman, Keith P ^e   McCormack, Joseph G ^c   Yu, Victor L ^b,j  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^f RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Sanatorio San Lucas   (Argentina)

^h ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

ⁱ MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^j VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EUROPE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MENINGITIS; PNEUMONIA; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036193651     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0802.010025     Document Type: Article

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