Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess and endophthalmitis

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Abdul Hamid, Ayeshah ^a   Bailey, Sarah Jane ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOPENTOLATE; DEXAMETHASONE; NAPROXEN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE BIOPSY; EYE PAIN; GOUT; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANOPHTHALMITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENOSYNOVITIS; URETHRITIS; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 84877848523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-008690     Document Type: Article

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