Emerging K1 serotype Klebsiella pneumoniae primary liver abscess: three cases presenting to a single university hospital in Norway

Clinical Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 122-127

  Holmås, Kristoffer ^a,b   Fostervold, Aasmund ^a   Stahlhut, Steen Gustav ^c   Struve, Carsten ^c   Holter, Jan Cato ^a,b  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Community acquired infections; K1; Klebsiella pneumoniae; liver abscess

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940826660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20500904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.77     Document Type: Article

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