The distant metastasis of pyogenic liver abscess caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae serotype K2 and the underlying disease of diabetes mellitus should be carefully interpreted

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1531-1532

  Lin, Jung Chung ^a   Yeh, Kuo Ming ^a   Chang, Feng Yee ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISTANT METASTASIS; EYE INFECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETHALITY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; SEROTYPE; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; GENETICS; LIVER ABSCESS; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; SEROTYPING;

DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 38449098236     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523008     Document Type: Letter

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