Occult Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia at emergency department: A single center experience

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 684-691

  Chang, Eileen Kevyn ^a   Kao, Kai Liang ^a   Tsai, Mao Song ^a   Yang, Chia Jui ^a,b   Huang, Yu Tsung ^a   Liu, Chia Ying ^a   Liao, Chun Hsing ^a,b  

^a FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Occult bacteremia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE BACTEREMIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LIVER ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TAIWAN; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BACTEREMIA; DRUG EFFECTS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLAVULANIC ACID; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BACTEREMIA; CEPHALOSPORINS; CLAVULANIC ACID; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84952874507     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: 19959133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2015.08.010     Document Type: Article

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