Early diagnosis and therapeutic choice of Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess

Frontiers of Medicine in China

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 308-316

  Li, Jing ^a   Fu, Ying ^a   Wang, Ji Yao ^a   Tu, Chuan Tao ^a   Shen, Xi Zhong ^a   Li, Lei ^a   Jiang, Wei ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

computed tomography; Klebsiella pneumoniae; liver abscess; therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956652202     PISSN: 16737342     EISSN: 16737458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11684-010-0103-9     Document Type: Article

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