Primary liver abscess caused by one clone of Klebsiella pneumoniae with two colonial morphotypes and resistotypes.
Two diabetic patients with primary liver abscess, who initially responded unsatisfactorily to intravenous ceftriaxone or cefoxitin treatment and had abscess drainage, were found to be infected with a single clone of Klebsiella pneumoniae with two different colonial morphotypes and resistotypes. Primary liver abscess caused by second-generation cephalosporin-resistant K. pneumoniae strains may be an emerging problem in Taiwan.
Hsueh
Po-Ren
PR
Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wu
Juinn-Jong
JJ
Teng
Lee-Jene
LJ
Chen
Yee-Chun
YC
Yang
Pan-Chyr
PC
Ho
Shen-Wu
SW
Luh
Kwen-Tay
KT
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000382:microbiology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013624:Taiwan