Is there any difference in pyogenic liver abscess caused by Streptococcus milleri and Klebsiella spp?: Retrospective analysis over a 10-year period in a regional hospital

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-18

  Law, Siu Tong ^a   Kong Li, Michael Kin ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Klebsiella spp.; Liver abscess; Pyogenic liver abscess; Streptococcus milleri

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI GROUP; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872607420     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: 19959133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2011.12.028     Document Type: Article

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