A case of renal abscess associated with endogeneous endophthalmitis and septic pulmonary embolism by Klebsiella pneumoniae

Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 485-489

  Jung, Jongkwan ^a   Jang, Youngwoo ^a   Choi, Gyusik ^a   Min, Kyung Wan ^a   Han, Kyungah ^a   Park, Jongseok ^b  

^a Eulji University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Eulji General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abscess; Endophthalmitis; Klebsiella pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; KIDNEY ABSCESS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG EMBOLISM; NONHUMAN; SEPSIS; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; THERAPY DELAY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 84863621661     PISSN: 20932340     EISSN: 20926448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3947/ic.2011.43.6.485     Document Type: Article

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