Klebsiella pneumoniae septicaemia and meningitis in a diabetic patient with an hepatic abscess;Septicémie et méningite à Klebsiella pneumoniae au départ d'un abcès hépatique chez un patient diabétique

Revue Medicale de Bruxelles

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 460-463

  Meric De Bellefon L ^a,b   Legrand, J C ^a   Codden, T ^a   Carlier, E ^a   Vanhaeverbeek, M ^a  

^a CHU Andre Vesale   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Primary hepatic abscess

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONVULSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER ABSCESS; MENINGITIS; METASTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 36048968177     PISSN: 00353639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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