Clinical factors indicating the presence of pyogenic liver abscess in community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-371

  Kim, Baek Nam ^a   Kwak, Yee Gyung ^a   Kim, Eu Suk ^b   Park, Sang Won ^c  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Dankook University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34250793508     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.09.008     Document Type: Letter

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