Primary pyogenic liver abscess caused by magA+ Klebsiella pneumoniae in Spain

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 100-102

  Gomez, Carmen ^a   Broseta, Amparo ^a   Otero, Joaquín R ^a   Chaves, Fernando ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALAISE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; SPAIN;

EID: 34250372076     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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