First case of bacteremic liver abscess caused by an ST260-related (ST1861), hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae

Journal of Infection

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 88-91

  Arena, Fabio ^a   Spanu, Teresa ^b   De Angelis, Lucia Henrici ^a   Liotti, Flora Marzia ^b   D'Andrea, Marco Maria ^a   Menchinelli, Giulia ^b   De Maio, Flavio ^b   Rossolini, Gian Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE;

ASIAN; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LETTER; LIVER ABSCESS; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUTROPHILIA; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS;

EID: 84964285543     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.04.006     Document Type: Letter

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