Comparison of pyogenic liver abscess caused by non-Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella pneumoniae

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 176-184

  Yang, Ching Cheng ^a   Yen, Chi Hua ^b   Ho, Mao Wang ^a   Wang, Jen Hsien ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Klebsiella pneumoniae; Liver abscesses; Mortality; Prognosis; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SIMULATION; DYSPNEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; RELAPSE; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN; THORAX DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 3142519642     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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