Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess: An emerging problem in North America

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Pope, Jennifer V ^a   Teich, Douglas L ^a   Clardy, Peter ^a   McGillicuddy, Daniel C ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetes; endophthalmitis; Klebsiella pneumoniae; liver abscess; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CEFTRIAXONE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALERTNESS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAPHORESIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEVER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTUBATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NIGHT SWEAT; NORTH AMERICA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHLEBITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORACOCENTESIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE; TAIWAN;

EID: 80755141378     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.04.041     Document Type: Article

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