Community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscesses - An "emerging disease" in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 543-545

  Anstey, James R ^a   Fazio, Timothy N ^b   Gordon, David L ^c   Hogg, Geoff ^d   Jenney, Adam W ^e   Maiwald, Matthias ^f,g   Wilksch, Jonathan J ^d  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; TIMENTIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE;

EID: 78149295995     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04042.x     Document Type: Article

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