Klebsiella pneumoniae Liver Abscess and Metastatic Endophthalmitis

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wells, Jason T ^a   Lewis, Catherine R ^b   Danner, Omar K ^b   Wilson, Kenneth L ^b   Matthews, L Ray ^b  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Klebsiella pneumoniae; liver abscess; metastatic endophthalmitis; percutaneous drainage

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; FLUCONAZOLE; IMIPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KOREAN (PEOPLE); LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SWELLING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84999794001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23247096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2324709615624125     Document Type: Article

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