Occult colon cancer in a patient with diabetes and recurrent Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-103

  Hsu, Wen Hung ^a   Yu, Fang Jung ^a   Chuang, Chien Han ^b   Chen, Chin Fan ^c   Lee, Chien Ting ^c   Lu, Chien Yu ^a,d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Pingtung Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Colonic cancer; Diabetes mellitus; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Liver abscess

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON BIOPSY; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER ABSCESS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; RECURRENT INFECTION;

EID: 65249120819     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1607-551X(09)70048-8     Document Type: Article

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