Mycotic aneurysm caused by hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae serotype K54 with sequence type 29: An emerging threat

Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1041-1044

  Chuang, Y C ^a   Lee, M F ^a   Yu, W L ^b  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLOMOXEF;

ABSCESS; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RUPTURE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DYSPNEA; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NONHUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARAAORTA ABSCESS; RECURRENT INFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; BACTEREMIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84885182548     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-013-0447-6     Document Type: Letter

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