Clinical significance and mechanism of gas formation of pyogenic liver abscess due to Klebsiella pneumoniae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2783-2785

  Lee, Hsin Ling ^a,b   Lee, Hsin Chun ^a,b   Guo, How Ran ^a   Ko, Wen Chien ^b   Chen, Kuan Wen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GAS FORMING PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GASES; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 2942588828     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2783-2785.2004     Document Type: Article

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