A case of mono-microbial Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess in a metropolitan region of Australia

• Authors: Dharmenaan Palamuthusingam , Brian Dwyer
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This documented case of mono-microbial Klebsiella pneumonia liver abscess with pulmonary metastasis in an adult in metropolitan Australian evokes important epidemiological, clinical and microbiological issues. These include the increasing incidence of this disease in western society, predisposing conditions, variability of presentation and the virulence of Klebsiella pneumonia.

Keywords

EN

Klebsiella Pneumonia; Liver abscess; Mono-microbial; Diabetes

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 818-820

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2011

online

8 - 10 - 2011

Contributors

author

Dharmenaan Palamuthusingam

• Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich road, Woollongabba, Queensland, 4102, Australia

author

Brian Dwyer

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-011-0094-1