Pyogenic liver abscess: Klebsiella as an emerging pathogen

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-88

  Golia, Piyush ^a   Sadler, Michael ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; CT; Fever; Infection; Klebsiella; Liver; Pyogenic

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750573292     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-006-0528-2     Document Type: Article

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