A case of ventriculitis associated with renal abscess caused by serotype K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae

Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 120-124

  Hyun, Ji In ^a   Kim, Youn Jeong ^a   Jeon, Yoon Hee ^a   Kim, Sang Il ^a   Park, Yeon Joon ^a   Kang, Moon Won ^a   Kim, Woohyeon ^a   Jang, Ji Hye ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abscess, kidney; Central nervous system infection; Cerebral ventriculitis; Klebsiella pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFDITOREN; CEFTRIAXONE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SODIUM; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY ABSCESS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POLYURIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEIZURE; SEROTYPE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STUPOR; URINE CULTURE; VERY ELDERLY; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84903823126     PISSN: 20932340     EISSN: 20926448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3947/ic.2014.46.2.120     Document Type: Article

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