Pyogenic liver abscess with a focus on Klebsiella pneumoniae as a primary pathogen: An emerging disease with unique clinical characteristics

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 322-331

  Lederman, Edith R ^a   Crum, Nancy F ^b  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 Jakarta   (Indonesia)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDLINE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; CASE REPORT; MIDDLE AGED; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13944276414     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40310.x     Document Type: Review

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