Repeated bacteremia with subsequent septic arthritis caused by klebsiella pneumoniae capsular serotype k57 in a patient with diabetes

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1284-1286

  Lin, Chien Jung ^a   Lin, Chieh Yu ^a   Li, Wen Yi ^b   Hsiue, Han Chung ^a   Huang, Yu Tsung ^b,c   Ruan, Sheng Yuan ^b   Wang, Jin Town ^c,d   Hsueh, Po Ren ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Microbiology ^*  (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; FLOMOXEF;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTHROCENTESIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BACTEREMIA; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70349932350     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605689     Document Type: Letter

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