A case of gas-forming liver abscess with diabetes mellitus

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 2329-2332

  Tatsuta, Tetsuya ^a   Wada, Toyohito ^b   Chinda, Daisuke ^a   Tsushima, Kiyoto ^a   Sasaki, Yoshio ^b   Shimoyama, Tadashi ^a   Fukuda, Shinsaku ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aomori City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Gas forming pyogenic liver abscess (GFPLA); Klebsiella pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; MEROPENEM;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG RESPONSE; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; GAS FORMING LIVER ABSCESS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; GASES; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE;

EID: 80054772002     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.5686     Document Type: Article

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