Predictors of Septic Metastatic Infection and Mortality among Patients with<i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>Liver Abscess

Shin‐Jung Lee, Susan; Chen, Yao‐Shen; Tsai, Hung‐Chin; Wann, Shue‐Ren; Lin, Hsi‐Hsun; Huang, Chun‐Kai; Liu, Yung‐Ching

doi:10.1086/590932

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Predictors of Septic Metastatic Infection and Mortality among Patients withKlebsiella pneumoniaeLiver Abscess

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Jul 21, 2008

Authors:

Susan Shin‐Jung Lee

Yao‐Shen Chen

Hung‐Chin Tsai

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Primary liver abscess caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae is an infection that is emerging worldwide and that is associated with severe morbidity and considerable mortality. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of 110 episodes of primary liver abscess caused by K. pneumoniae that required hospi...

Subject

Medicine

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Liver abscess

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