Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscesses in a public hospital in Queens, New York

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 228-233

  Pastagia, Mina ^a   Arumugam, Vasanthi ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Elmhurst Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Endophthalmitis; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Pyogenic liver abscess

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CHOICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRAINAGE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45449116680     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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