Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscesses

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 390-391

  Shen, Ding Xia ^a   Wang, Jing ^a,b   Li, Dong Dong ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE LIVER ABSCESS; LETTER; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS;

EID: 84876739745     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70068-9     Document Type: Letter

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