Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess: A new invasive syndrome

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 881-887

  Siu, L Kristopher ^a,b   Yeh, Kuo Ming ^c   Lin, Jung Chung ^c   Fung, Chang Phone ^e   Chang, Feng Yee ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Taiwan Centres for Disease Control   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBACTIN; AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMINOPENICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULBACTAM;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER RESECTION; MACROPHAGE; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENICITY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 84867918770     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70205-0     Document Type: Review

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