Community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess: An emerging infection in Ireland and Europe

Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 681-686

  Moore, R ^a   O'Shea, D ^a,c   Geoghegan, T ^a   Mallon, P W G ^a,b   Sheehan, G ^a,b  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interventional radiology; Klebsiella pnemoniae; Liver abscess; OPAT; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; IODINE DERIVATIVE; MEROPENEM; METFORMIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULFONAMIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACHILLES TENDONITIS; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE LIVER ABSCESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EUROPE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IRELAND; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESUSCITATION; SEROTYPE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EUROPE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84878862437     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-013-0408-0     Document Type: Article

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