Pyogenic liver abscess caused by hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 828-830

  Keynan, Yoav ^a   Karlowsky, James A ^a   Walus, Tom ^a   Rubinstein, Ethan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BILIRUBIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DNA EXTRACTION; EUROPE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KOREA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MIGRATION; NAUSEA; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; TAIWAN;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34548119197     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701266763     Document Type: Article

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